Orda (russian: Орда) is a
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') and the
administrative center
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of
Ordinsky District
Ordinsky District (russian: Орди́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.Law #416-67 Municipally, it is incorporated as Ordinsky Municipal District.Law #1749 ...
of
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Kungur River (a
tributary
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of the
Iren River. Population:
Orda was first mentioned in written sources in 1662. It has served as the administrative center of Ordinsky District since 1924, with a brief interruption in 1963–1965.
It is named for the
Ordynka River.
Near Orda is the only entrance to the
Orda Cave
Orda Cave (Ординская, ''Ordinskaya'') is a gypsum crystal cave found underneath the western Ural Mountains. The mouth is near the shore of the Kungur River just outside Orda, Perm Krai in Russia. The cave system stretches over with a ...
, one of the longest underwater caves and the largest underwater gypsum cave in the world. Orati plowing the land in Slavic and Baltic languages ,orda plowed land
References
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Rural localities in Perm Krai
Osinsky Uyezd