Postoyalye Dvory () is a rural locality () in Vinnikovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District,

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 pop ...

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. Population:

Geography

The village is located 110 km from the

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, 11 km north-east of the district center – the town

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 ...

, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center –

1st Vinnikovo 1st Vinnikovo or Pervoye Vinnikovo () is a rural locality () and the administrative center of Vinnikovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography The village is located on the Vinogrobl River ...

. ; Climate Postoyalye Dvory has a warm-summer

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(''Dfb'' in the

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Transport

Postoyalye Dvory is located 7 km from the federal route (Kursk –

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– "Kaspy" Highway; a part of the European route ), on the road of regional importance (Kursk –

Kastornoye Kastornoye () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Kastorensky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: Telephone code: +7 47157; postal code: 306700. It was first mentioned in 1590 and was ...

), 1 km from the nearest railway halt ''18 km'' (railway line Kursk – 146 km). The rural locality is situated 12 km from

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 c ...

, 126 km from

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and 191 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

Military staging area

Postoyalye Dvory is a "known training area" for the

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, and saw "significant expansion" before the

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. According to the

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, the area had about 3000 Russian soldiers and 80 units of "military equipment" in late 2023.

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* * Rural localities in Kursky District, Kursk Oblast {{Kursky-geo-stub