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| | REGIONAL CORNER: ORYOL OBLAST, RUSSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | It borders the Kaluga and Tula oblasts to the north, Briansk to the west, Kursk to the south, and Lipetsk to the east. |
 | | Oryol produces a wide range of crops, including grain and legumes (rye, wheat, buckwheat, barley, and peas), sugar beets, potatoes, vegetables, meat, milk, and a selection of seeds and breeding stock. |
 | | Switzerland is the leading recipient of Oryol non-NIS exports (22 percent of the total), followed by the Netherlands (9.5 percent), the United States (8.6 percent), Finland (7.8 percent), and Germany (5.0 percent). |
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