Orsk Fiori Fiorista

In 1735, on the banks of the Yaik River - now the Urals, the Ork fortress was founded, which later became a large industrial city. The second name of Orsk is the city of "Europe and Asia" since it is situated at the junction of two cultures. Administratively the city belongs to the Orenburg region and is the second largest. The population of Orsk now (2018) is 230 thousand people.
Orsk is a city with a developed industry. The most developed petrochemical, machine building, metallurgy and light industries. In the city, the largest enterprises of the region are - "Yuzhnouralnikilkombinat", processing nickel ore, "MK ORMETO - YUMZ" - a giant of heavy engineering, "Orsknefteorgsintez", processing crude oil and others. Most of the city's residents work at these three enterprises. They significantly worsen the ecological condition of the city, aggravating the situation in the city of Novotroitsk, the largest steel plant in Russia, the Ural Steel.
Orsk is one of the ten dirtiest cities in Russia. Because of such ecology, in the city was registered growth of oncological diseases.
The climate is also far from ideal, because it is sharply continental, with a cold and long winter, when the air temperature can drop to -40 ° C, and with a short but hot summer. In summer, the temperature rises already up to +40 degrees Celsius.
Orsk is located in the steppe zone, forests occupy no more than four percent of the entire Orenburg region, so in the vicinity of the city grow flowers and grasses, that are specific for the steppe area. These include such as lily of the valley May, cornflowers, dandelion medicinal, thyme Marshall. In the steppe, away from the city, you can still meet steppe tulips, snowdrops. On wet wetlands can be found the white water-lily and the yellow Nuphar lutea. There are a lot of berries and strawberries, bones and blackberries. Worse things are with the plant world in the city itself. There you can also meet Dandelion, but in general, the city is decorated with decorative flower beds.
Recently, the administration of Orsk planted several thousand flowers, including marigolds, summer dahlias, petunias, sea cineraria, and zinnia. These flowers can be admired on the flowerbed near the Eternal Fire, in front of the registry office, on the lawns along the boulevard Dobrovolsky. Alas, there are still many flowerbeds in the city, where some weeds are growing...