Orel

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Orel or Oryol (meaning eagle in some Slavic languages) may refer to:

  • Oryol, a city in Russia, the administrative center of Oryol Oblast
  • Russian frigate Oryol, the first warship of the Russian Navy, built in 1668
  • an advanced, secret, Soviet military radar set, "Oryol" (NATO reporting name 'Skip Spin'), featured perhaps most memorably on the Yak-28, but also on the Su-11, and Su-15 Russian planes.
  • Russian battleship Oryol
  • Orel (movement), a Moravian/Czech youth movement and gymnastics organization
  • Project 1153 OREL, a Soviet aircraft carrier project

People with the surname

  • Alexander Oryol (1908-?), Soviet military leader and admiral
  • Vladimir Orel (1952-2007), Russian linguist

People with the given name

Places

  • Lake Orel, a lake in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
  • Orel, Czech Republic, a village in Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
  • Orel, Macedonia, a village in Sveti Nikole municipality, Macedonia

See also

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