Ministerstvo Kul´tury Rossiiskoi Federatsii. Departament po sokraneniiu Kul´turnykh tsennostei. Svodnyi katalog kul´turnykh tsennostei, pokhishchennykh i utrachennykh v period Vtoroi mirovoi voiny. Tom 9. Orlovskii Oblastnoi kraevedcheskii muzei. [Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Department of Cultural Heritage. Summary Catalogue of the Cultural Valuables stolen and Lost During the Second World War. Volume 9. Oryol Oblast Museum of Local History.] M., 2002. 96 p., b/w ill., index.	€100,00

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4 to, publisher´s binding. Compilers: I. E. Barsukova, Oryol Musem Curator, N. Ia. Rassokhina, Oryol Museum Chief Registrar. Contributors: N.S. Blokhina, A.V.Kibovskii, V.V.Petrakov, N.V.Petrovskii, V.I.Sadlovskii, Iu.K.Titov, T.A.Timasheva, T.A.Kostrova, I.I.Kopytko, L.M.Tuchnin, G.I.Bogatov. Valuable fifteen page introduction by compilers. An important publication for studies of in the history of art collections of a larger arts and history museum in the very heart of Russia proper. Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately 220 miles south-southwest of Moscow. Population: 336,862 (1989 Census); 333,310 (2002 Census), 317,747 (2010 Census). Oryol was granted town status in 1702. In 1708, Oryol was included as a part of Kiev Governorate; in 1719, Oryol Province was created within Kiev Governorate.The Province was transferred to the newly created Belgorod Governorate in 1727. On March 11 (February 28 old style), 1778 Oryol Vice-Royalty was created from parts of Voronezh and Belgorod Governorates. In 1779, the city was almost entirely rebuilt based on a new plan. During World War II, Oryol was occupied by the Wehrmacht on October 3, 1941, and liberated on August 5, 1943, after the Battle of Kursk. The city was almost completely destroyed.