The history of the Cossacks is closely related to the history of the Chelyabinsk Region. After the Chelyabinsk fortress was founded in 1736, a significant part of its population constituted of the ...

A mass evacuation is underway in the Russian city of Orenburg, as severe flooding tears through parts of the country and northern Kazakhstan. “A mass evacuation is underway,” the city’s ...

Orenburg region authorities said that while the Ural river "went down by nine centimeters (3.5 inches)" in Orsk, water levels in the city of Orenburg were still rising fast.

Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations for possible flooding underway in three other regions, state ...

Russia’s government has declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, state media reported. The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River ...

Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities.

Russia declared a 'federal emergency' in the flood-hit areas of Orenburg, where more than 10,000 homes are submerged and 4,000 people have been evacuated. The water levels are expected to rise due ...

About 1,000 more homes were flooded in Russia's Orenburg in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, but water levels in the Ural river that runs through the city have started subsiding, officials said.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Orenburg region, the country's emergencies ministry said, and ministry personnel had helped 3,500 people affected by flooding nationwide in recent days.