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Kursk (Russian: Курск, IPA:) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. It has a population of 440,052 ( 2021 Census ) .
Kursk Oblast. / 51.750°N 36.017°E / 51.750; 36.017. Kursk Oblast ( Russian: Курская область, romanized : Kurskaya oblast', IPA: [ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast ). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Census, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458.
Battle of Kursk. / 51.7; 36.1. Soviets regain territory along a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) wide front after the battle. [1] The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of ...
Kursky District, Kursk Oblast. / 51.733°N 36.183°E / 51.733; 36.183. Kursky District ( Russian: Ку́рский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [5] district ( raion ), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,657.29 square kilometers ...
Kurchatov (Russian: Курча́тов) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River 42 kilometers (26 mi) west of Kursk. Population: 40,318 ( 2021 Census ) ; [ 6 ] 42,706 ( 2010 Russian census ) ; [ 2 ] 45,556 ( 2002 Census ) ; [ 7 ] 41,085 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant [a] is one of the three biggest nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Russia and one of the four biggest electricity producers in the country. It is located on the bank of the Seym River about 40 kilometers west of the city of Kursk , midway between it and the city of Lgov , in western Russia.
Sudzha (Russian: Су́джа) is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Olyoshnya Rivers 105 kilometers (65 mi) southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast.
In August 2000, Vladimir Putin was just months into his first term as president of Russia when a crisis arose in the Barents Sea. A Russian submarine — the Kursk — had sunk following an ...