Shchigry (russian: Щигры́) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2010 Census, Kursk Oblast has a populati ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, located between the
Shchigra and
Lesnaya Plata Rivers, northeast of
Kursk
Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...
. Population: 18,000 (1974).
History
It has been known to exist since the 17th century as a village called Troitskoye na Shchigrakh. In 1779, it was renamed Shchigry. During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, Shchigry was occupied by
German troops from 21 November 1941 to 5 February 1943.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shchigry serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Shchigrovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.
[Resolution #489] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
town of oblast significance of Shchigry—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shchigry is incorporated as Shchigry Urban Okrug.
[Law #48-ZKO]
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Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast
Shchigrovsky Uyezd