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Krasny Khutor, Kursk Oblast
Krasny Khutor () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Makarovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The settlement is located 62 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 48.5 km west of Kursk, 14.5 km north-west of the district center – the town Kurchatov, 5.5 km from the selsoviet center – Makarovka. ; Climate Krasny Khutor has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the Köppen climate classification). Transport Krasny Khutor is located 40 km from the federal route Crimea Highway, 11.5 km from the road of regional importance (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 15 km from the road (Lgov – Konyshyovka), 5 km from the road of intermunicipal significance (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), 5 km from the road (38N-362 – Makarovka – Lgov), 12 km from the nearest railway station ''Lukashevka'' (railway line Lgov I — Kursk). The rural local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458. History The territory of Kursk Oblast has been populated since the end of the Last Glacial Period, last ice age. Slavic tribes of the Severians inhabited the area. From 830 the current Kursk Oblast was part of the Rus' Khaganate and Kievan Rus' states. The oldest towns in the region are Kursk and Rylsk, Russia, Rylsk, first mentioned in 1032 and 1152, respectively, both capitals of small medieval eponymous duchies. In the 13th century, the region was Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', conquered by the Mongol Empire. In the 15th century it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under the Jagiellonian dynasty. It was lost in the 16th-century Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. A real growth of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M2 Highway (Russia)
The Russian route M2 (also known as the ''Crimea Highway'', ()) is a major trunk road that connects Moscow to Crimea. It is part of the European route E105. It is 720 kilometers long. Inaugurated in 1950, the highway starts at the junction of the Moscow Ring Road and Varshavskoye Shosse and travels south-west, immediately bypassing the cities of Tula, Oryol, Kursk and Belgorod before terminating at the border with Ukraine. West of the border at Hoptivka, the road continues through Kharkiv and Zaporizhia to Simferopol and Yalta as the Ukrainian M20 and M18. See also * Berlinka, the never-completed ''Reichsautobahn Berlin-Königsberg'' of the Third Reich into East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's .... References External links M2 Highway (from Tula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgorod International Airport
Belgorod International Airport () is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services narrow-body airliners (such as the Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-204, Ilyushin Il-76, Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 757 etc.) and wide-body airliner Boeing 767. It conducts 24-hour flight operations. The airport was founded in 1954. History The establishment date of the airport is considered to be 30 August 1954, when the order was issued by the Deputy Chief of Air Fleet under the and Belgorod landi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk Vostochny Airport
Kursk Vostochny Airport () , also known as Khalino airbase, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ..., with a single runway located 7 km east of Kursk. It has been used for many decades as a military airbase and has had periods of time when it was also utilized as a commercial airport. It is located 4 miles northeast of Kursk and is considered a medium-sized base, with several alert pads. A civilian tarmac is located on the southern side of the airfield, which utilizes the common runway facilities. History Khalino airbase was home to: * 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with Mikoya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirkovo, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast
Shirkovo () is a rural locality () in Kosteltsevsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The village is located on the Prutishche River in the basin of the Seym, from the Russia–Ukraine border, north-west of Kursk, north of the district center – the town Kurchatov, from the selsoviet center – Kosteltsevo. ; Climate Shirkovo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the Köppen climate classification). Transport Shirkovo is located 23 km from the federal route Crimea Highway, 22 km from the road of regional importance (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 20.5 km from the road (Lgov – Konyshyovka), on the road of intermunicipal significance (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), 22 km from the nearest railway halt ''Kurchatow'' (railway line Lgov I — Kursk). The rural locality is from Kursk Vostochny Airport, from Belgorod International Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolayevka, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast
Nikolayevka () is a rural locality () in Kosteltsevsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The village is located on the Prutishche River in the basin of the Seym, 78 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 41 km north-west of Kursk, 22.5 km north of the district center – the town Kurchatov, 7 km from the selsoviet center – Kosteltsevo. ; Climate Nikolayevka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the Köppen climate classification). Transport Nikolayevka is located 25 km from the federal route Crimea Highway, 22 km from the road of regional importance (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 19 km from the road (Lgov – Konyshyovka), on the road of intermunicipal significance (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), 22.5 km from the nearest railway halt ''Kurchatow'' (railway line Lgov I — Kursk). The rural locality is situated 45.5 km from Kursk Vostochny Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konyshyovka
Konyshyovka (Russian: Конышёвка) is an urban-type settlement, the administrative center of Konyshyovsky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population was History Konyshyovka was first mentioned in the 19th century as the village on Dmitriyev to Lgov route. In 1891 the Moscow Railway Moscow Railway () is a subsidiary of Russian Railways that handles half of Russia's suburban railway operations and a quarter of the country's passenger traffic. As of 2009 the railway, which has its headquarters near Komsomolskaya Square in Mosc ... was extended to that point. One version of the origin of the name Konyshyovka (Конышёвка) is from Turkic word коныш 'konysh' meaning 'stop'. Konyshyovka as the town was founded in 1910 and had received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1968. Demographics ''Note:'' Census data Economy Konyshyovka has a granary, a combine fodder factory, a brick factory, an asphalt factory, a creamery, a food factory, a meat p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylsk, Russia
Rylsk () is a town and the administrative center of Rylsky District in Kursk Oblast, western Russia, located on the right bank of the Seym River (Dnieper's basin) west of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 19,000 (1974). History Rylsk was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1152 as one of the Severian towns. It had become the seat of an appanage principality by the end of the 12th century before coming into the hands of Lithuanian rulers sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century. The Polish king Casimir IV made a grant of it to Dmitry Shemyaka's son Ivan, who had settled in Lithuania. Ivan's son Vasily defected to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but Lithuanians held the town until 1522. During the Time of Troubles, it was one of the first towns to welcome False Dmitry I as the Tsar. After Ukraine's integration into the Russian Empire, Rylsk capitalized on the trade between Little Russia and Great Russia. Numerous merchants resided in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lgov, Kursk Oblast
Lgov ( rus, Льгов, p=ˈlʲɡof) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Seym river (a tributary of the Desna) west of Kursk and an equal distance from Hlukhiv, Ukraine. Population as of 2021 was 17,557. History It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1152 under the name of Olgov (a possessive adjective from an old Russian name Olg, or Oleg). Lgov was razed to the ground by the Mongols. In 1669, Lgov Monastery was founded on the spot of the former town, which would be closed down in 1764. The monastic ''sloboda'' was transformed into the town of Lgov in 1779. In 1852 towards the start of his career, Turgenev wrote a chapter in '' A Sportsman's Sketches'' entitled Lgov, in which a group of men go hunting in the lake with a pretentious hunter named Vladimir, sink the boat, and then wade to shore filthy after great difficulty. During World War II, Lgov was occupied by German troops from 27 October 1941 to 3 March 1943. On September 18, 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (temperate), ''D'' (continental), and ''E'' (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the ''E'' group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, ''Af'' indicates a tropical rainforest climate. The system assigns a temperature subgroup for all groups other than those in the ''A'' group, indicated by the third letter for climates in ''B'', ''C'', ''D'', and the second letter for climates in ''E''. Other examples include: ''Cfb'' indicating an oceanic climate with warm summers as indicated by the ending ''b.'', while ''Dwb'' indicates a semi-Monsoon continental climate, monsoonal continental climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast
Kurchatovsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO 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 . Its administrative center is the town of Kurchatov (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 19,714 ( 2002 Census); Geography Kurchatovsky District is located in the west central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Seym River. The district surrounds the city of Kurchatov, and is 25 km west of the city of Kursk and 460 km southwest of Moscow The area measures 50 km (north-south), and 20 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Kurchatov, Russia The district is bordered on the north by Konyshyovsky District, on the east by Oktyabrsky District, on the south by Bolshesoldatsky Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
