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OREL , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, lies at the confluence of the Oka with the Orlik, on the See also:line of railway to the See also:Crimea, 238 M . S.S.W. from See also:Moscow . Pop . (1875) 45,000 . (1900) 70,075 . It was founded in 1566, but See also:developed slowly, and .had only a very few houses at the beginning of the 18th See also:century . The See also:cathedral, begun in 1794, was finished only in 1861 . The town possesses a military gymnasium (See also:corps of cadets), a public library, and storehouses for See also:grain and See also:timber . The manufactures are rapidly increasing, and include See also:hemp-See also:carding and See also:spinning, rope-making, See also:flour-See also:mills and See also:candle factories . Orel is one of the See also:chief markets of central Russia for See also:corn, hemp, hempseed oil, and See also:tallow, exported; See also:metal wares, See also:tobacco, See also:kaolin, and See also:glass See also:ware are also exported, while See also:salt, groceries and manufactured goods are imported . O'RELL, MAX, the nom-de-plume of See also:PAUL BLOUET (1848-1903), See also:French author and journalist, who was See also:born in See also:Brittany in 1848 . He served as a See also:cavalry officer in the Franco-See also:German See also:War, was captured at See also:Sedan, but was released in See also:time to join the Versaillist See also:army which overcame the See also:Commune, and was severely wounded during the second See also:siege of See also:Paris .
In 1872 he went to See also:England as correspondent of several French See also:newspapers, and in 1876 became the very efficient French See also:master at St Paul's school, See also:London, retaining that See also:post until 1884
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What induced him to leave was the brilliant success of his first See also:book, See also: |
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