Travelling the World with Iuliia Pozhidaeva

Spasskoe-Lutovinovo Outstanding Russian writer Ivan Turgenev spent his childhood in Spasskoe-Lutovinovo not far from Orel and lived there later. Nature was the source of his inspiration and he described it in many novels. 

Heroes of Japanese animation festival Festival of Japanese animation takes place in Voronezh every year. The first festival was organised 20 years ago. Today it is the holiday where people from different cities participate.

Orel Orel was founded in 1566 as a fortress. There is a legend that when people began to cut down an old oak a large eagle took off. People thought that it was the master of this place. Tsar Ivan the Terrible ordered to call the fortress in honor of the eagle. It is Orel in Russian.