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Russkoye Porechnoye
Russkoye Porechnoye () is a village in western Russia, in Sudzhansky District of Kursk Oblast. Geography The village is situated on the Sudzha (river), Sudzha River, from the Russia–Ukraine border, Russian-Ukrainian border, south-west of Kursk, north-east of the district centre — the town of Sudzha, from the centre of the village council — Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. History Russian invasion of Ukraine The settlement witnessed fighting in 2024 and in 2025 as part of the Kursk offensive (2024–present), Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast. On January 19 2025, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Russian government had opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Armed Forces of Ukraine committed war crimes against civilians in Russkoye Porechnoye. According to AFP, at the time Russian federal authorities claimed Ukrainian soldiers were responsible for the extrajudicial killings of 7 civilians. On January 31, AFP reported that the Investig ... [...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] |
Sudzhansky District
Sudzhansky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Sudzha. It has a population of 25,119. Geography The area of the district is . It is located in the southwest of the oblast, and borders with Korenevsky District in the west, Lgovsky District in the north, Belovsky District and Bolshesoldatsky District in the east, and Sumy Oblast of Ukraine in the south. It is located in the southwest part of the Central Russian Upland. The most important rivers that flow through Sudzhansky District are the Psel and the Sudzha. The district has a temperate continental climate. Aside from the town of Sudzha, the district contains over eighty villages and hamlets, including Sverdlikovo. History Sudzhansky District was created on July 30, 1928. It was originally an administrative division of of the Central Black Earth Oblast of the Russian SFSR before being transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudzha (river)
The Sudzha () is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Psel, which flows through the Bolshesoldatsky and Sudzhansky districts (raions) of Kursk Oblast. It is long, and the basin area is . The river flows for a considerable distance through wetlands with a large number of oxbow lakes. Its tributaries include: Skorodnaya – 22 km, Vorobzha – 28 km, Ivnitsa – 23 km, Loknya – 26 km, Malaya Loknya – 24 km, Smerditsa – 17 km, Rzhava – 9 km, Oleshnya – 12 km, and Konopelka – 16 km. The biggest settlement on the river is the identically-named town of Sudzha. History The Sudzha River is mentioned in descriptions of Polish roads of 1584–1598 and in chronicles of the 16th century. Archaeological data indicates that in the 7th century, hoards of items were deposited in this area, which are part of the Dnieper group of early medieval hoards, or the "antiquities of the Antae". It is possible that in the 7th century, one of the centers of power of the Dniepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia–Ukraine Border
The Russia–Ukraine border is the international boundary between Russia and Ukraine. Over land, the border spans five Russian Oblast, oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts. Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the border between Russia and Ukraine is different from the legal border recognized by the United Nations. , Russia is Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, militarily occupying a significant portion of Ukraine, and Ukraine is August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion, militarily occupying a very small portion of Russia. According to a 2016 statement by Viktor Nazarenko, the head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government did not have control over of the international border with Russia.Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk
Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk is the oldest city in the oblast, recorded in 1032 as part of the Kievan Rus'. It became the seat of a small eponymous principality in the 13th century, before passing to Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuanian rule in the Late Middle Ages, late medieval period, and then to Grand Duchy of Moscow, Moscow in the early modern period. Kursk has served as the seat of regional administration since 1779. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German struggle during World War II and the site of the Battle of Kursk, single largest battle in history. Geography Urban layout Kursk was originally built as a fortress city on a hill dominating the plain. The settlement was surrounded on three sides by the Kur (Kursk Oblast), K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudzha
Sudzha (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Oleshnya rivers southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people. It is the natural gas exchange feeder where the Trans-Siberian pipeline meets the Brotherhood pipeline. The town was occupied by Ukrainian forces between August 15, 2024 and March 12, 2025 as a result of an incursion into the region. History In the Middle Ages, the territory formed part of the appanage principality of , which was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania before its final annexation by the Grand Principality of Moscow in the early modern period. Sudzha was founded in 1664. It was initially a town of the Sumy Regiment within Sloboda Ukraine, and was fortified with ramparts and a moat. In 1708 it was included within the Kiev Governorate, and in 1779, it became the seat of the Sudzhansky Uyezd within the Kursk Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk Offensive (2024–present)
The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front (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 Kursk is the single largest battle in the Military history, history of warfare. It ranks only behind the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier as the most often-cited turning point in the European theatre of World War II, European theatre of the war. It was one of the costliest battles of the Second World War, the single deadliest armoured battle in history, and the opening day of the battle, 5 July, was the single costliest day in the history of aerial warfare in terms of aircraft shot down. The battle was further marked by fierce Urban warfare, house-to-house fighting and hand-to-hand combat. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive Operation Citadel (), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (; AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. With 2,400 employees of 100 nationalities, AFP has an editorial presence in 260 cities across 150 countries. Its main regional headquarters are based in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. AFP publishes stories, videos, photos and graphics in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. Two-thirds of its turnover comes from its own commercial activities, with the remaining one-third being provided by the French government (amounting to 113.3 million euros in 2022) as compensation for carrying out its mission of general interest. In December 2024, AFP was ranked as the 27th most visited news site in the world, with over 105 million monthly readers. History Agence France-Presse has its origins in the Agence Havas, founded in 1835 in Paris by Charles-Louis Havas, making it the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron's
''Barron's'' (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine and newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921. Founded as ''Barron's National Financial Weekly'' in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–1928) as a sister publication to ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Barron's'' covers U.S. financial companies, market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a summary of the previous week's market activity as well as news, reports, and an outlook on the week to come. Features Features in the publication include: * ''Market Week'' – coverage of the previous week's market activity * ''Barron's Roundtable'' – Posts from noted investors such as Bill Gross, Mario Gabelli, Abby Joseph Cohen, Felix Zulauf, and Marc Faber * ''Best Online Brokers'' – A ranking of the top online trading brokerage firms. Criteria include trading experience and technology, usability, mobile, range of offerings, research amenities, portfolio a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Investigative Committee Of Russia
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF; ) has since January 2011 been the main federal investigating authority in Russia. Its name (''Sledstvennyi komitet'') is usually abbreviated to ''SKR'' (). The agency replaced the Russian prosecutor general's Investigative Committee and operates as Russia's anti-corruption agency. It is answerable to the president of Russia and has statutory responsibility for inspecting the police forces, combating police corruption and police misconduct and is responsible for conducting investigations into local authorities and federal governmental bodies. On January 21, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Alexander Bastrykin, then the acting chair of the prosecutor general's Investigative Committee, as Sledkom's chairperson. In 2012 President Medvedev began to discuss the possibility of creating a Federal Anti-Corruption Bureau under Sledkom, as part of the campaign against corruption and to combat corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moscow Times
''The Moscow Times'' (''MT'') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates, such as hotels, cafés, embassies, and airlines, and also by subscription. The newspaper was popular among foreign citizens residing in Moscow and English-speaking Russians. In November 2015, the newspaper changed its design and type from daily to weekly (released every Thursday) and increased the number of pages to 24. The newspaper Online newspaper, became online-only in July 2017 and launched its Russian-language service in 2020. In 2022, its headquarters were relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in response to Media freedom in Russia, restrictive media laws enacted in Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, invasion of Ukraine. On 15 April 2022, the Russian-language website of ''The Moscow Times'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
