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href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82" title="Курск област – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Курск област" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koersk-oblast" title="Koersk-oblast – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Koersk-oblast" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83" title="مقاطعة كورسك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة كورسك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93blast_de_Kursk" title="Óblast de Kursk – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Óblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_vilay%C9%99ti" title="Kursk vilayəti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kursk vilayəti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="کورسک اوبلاستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کورسک اوبلاستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Chiu" title="Kursk Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kursk Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D3%A9%D0%BB%D0%BA%D3%99%D2%BB%D0%B5" title="Курск өлкәһе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Курск өлкәһе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Курская вобласць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Курская вобласць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Курская вобласьць – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Курская вобласьць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82" title="Курска област – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Курска област" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurska_oblast" title="Kurska oblast – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kurska oblast" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Koursk" title="Oblast Koursk – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Oblast Koursk" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93blast_de_Kursk" title="Óblast de Kursk – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Óblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%C3%A7%C4%95" title="Курск облаçĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Курск облаçĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurskaya_Oblast%27" title="Kurskaya Oblast' – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kurskaya Oblast'" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk%C3%A1_oblast" title="Kurská oblast – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kurská oblast" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Kursk" title="Oblast Kursk – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Oblast Kursk" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_oblast" title="Kursk oblast – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kursk oblast" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_oblast" title="Kursk oblast – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Kursk oblast" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Kursk" title="Oblast Kursk – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oblast Kursk" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurski_oblast" title="Kurski oblast – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kurski oblast" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BA" title="Όμπλαστ του Κουρσκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Όμπλαστ του Κουρσκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Курскоень ёнкс – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Курскоень ёнкс" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93blast_de_Kursk" title="Óblast de Kursk – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Óblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurska_provinco" title="Kurska provinco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kurska provinco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_oblasta" title="Kursk oblasta – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kursk oblasta" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9" title="استان کورسک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان کورسک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_de_Koursk" title="Oblast de Koursk – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Oblast de Koursk" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koersk_(oblast)" title="Koersk (oblast) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Koersk (oblast)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BAige_Kursk" title="Cúige Kursk – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cúige Kursk" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk-ch%C3%BB" title="Kursk-chû – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kursk-chû" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%81%AC%EC%A3%BC" title="쿠르스크주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쿠르스크주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Կուրսկի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կուրսկի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="कुर्स्क ओब्लास्ट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कुर्स्क ओब्लास्ट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblas%C4%87_Kursk" title="Oblasć Kursk – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Oblasć Kursk" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurska_oblast" title="Kurska oblast – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kurska oblast" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Kursk" title="Provinco Kursk – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Provinco Kursk" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Kursk" title="Oblast Kursk – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Oblast Kursk" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D1%87%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%C3%A6%D1%81%D1%82" title="Курсчы облæст – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Курсчы облæст" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BArskfylki" title="Kúrskfylki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kúrskfylki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast%27_di_Kursk" title="Oblast' di Kursk – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Oblast' di Kursk" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%A7_(%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96)" title="קורסק (מחוז) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קורסק (מחוז)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" title="Kursk Oblast – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kursk Oblast" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="კურსკის ოლქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კურსკის ოლქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Курск облысы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Курск облысы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" title="Kursk Oblast – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kursk Oblast" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%82" title="Курск обласьт – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Курск обласьт" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_de_Kursk" title="Oblast de Kursk – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Oblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio_Kurschensis" title="Regio Kurschensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Regio Kurschensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurskas_apgabals" title="Kurskas apgabals – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kurskas apgabals" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursko_sritis" title="Kursko sritis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kursko sritis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_de_Kursk" title="Oblast de Kursk – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Oblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurszki_ter%C3%BClet" title="Kurszki terület – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kurszki terület" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82" title="Курска Област – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Курска Област" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="कुर्स्क ओब्लास्त – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कुर्स्क ओब्लास्त" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="კურსკიშ ოლქი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კურსკიშ ოლქი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83" title="كورسك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كورسك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="کورسک اوبلاست – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کورسک اوبلاست" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Kursk" title="Wilayah Kursk – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Kursk" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Ci%C5%AD" title="Kursk Ciŭ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Kursk Ciŭ" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Курсконь аймак – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Курсконь аймак" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6" title="Курск муж – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Курск муж" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Koersk" title="Oblast Koersk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oblast Koersk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E5%B7%9E" title="クルスク州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クルスク州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Курскан область – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Курскан область" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_(Prowins)" title="Kursk (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kursk (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_oblast" title="Kursk oblast – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kursk oblast" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_oblast" title="Kursk oblast – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kursk oblast" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Курск вел – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Курск вел" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_viloyati" title="Kursk viloyati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kursk viloyati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA" title="کورسک اوبلاست – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کورسک اوبلاست" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="کورسک ولايت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کورسک ولايت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obw%C3%B3d_kurski" title="Obwód kurski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Obwód kurski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_de_Kursk" title="Oblast de Kursk – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Oblast de Kursk" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_vil%C3%A2yeti" title="Kursk vilâyeti – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Kursk vilâyeti" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiunea_Kursk" title="Regiunea Kursk – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Regiunea Kursk" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Курьска область – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Курьска область" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Курская область – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Курская область" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kursk Oblast</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">Oblast</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Курская область</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kursk_Oblast.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kursk Oblast"><img alt="Flag of Kursk Oblast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Kursk_Oblast.svg/115px-Flag_of_Kursk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="115" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Kursk_Oblast.svg/173px-Flag_of_Kursk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="195" data-file-height="194" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Russia_(2014%E2%80%932022)_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg/300px-Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg/450px-Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg/600px-Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Kursk_Oblast.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1541" data-file-height="847" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kursk_Oblast&params=51_45_N_36_01_E_type:adm1st_region:RU"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">36°01′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.750°N 36.017°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.750; 36.017</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_districts_of_Russia" title="Federal districts of Russia">Federal district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Federal_District" title="Central Federal District">Central</a><sup id="cite_ref-FederalDistrict_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FederalDistrict-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Economic_regions_of_Russia" title="Economic regions of Russia">Economic region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Black_Earth_economic_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Black Earth economic region">Central Black Earth</a><sup id="cite_ref-EconomicRegion_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EconomicRegion-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative center</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Kursk_Oblast_Duma" title="Kursk Oblast Duma">Oblast Duma</a><sup id="cite_ref-HeadLegis_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeadLegis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kursk_Oblast" title="Governor of Kursk Oblast">Governor</a><sup id="cite_ref-HeadLegis_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HeadLegis-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexei_Smirnov_(politician)" title="Alexei Smirnov (politician)">Alexei Smirnov</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-area_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,997 km<sup>2</sup> (11,582 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia#List" title="Federal subjects of Russia">65th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_census" title="2021 Russian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,082,458</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-d84f748bde80dac87e899490e943a9ac5d33eca8-v18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-d84f748bde80dac87e899490e943a9ac5d33eca8-v18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,115,237</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_subjects_of_Russia_by_population" title="List of federal subjects of Russia by population">46th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">36/km<sup>2</sup> (93/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">68.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">Rural</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">31.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Russia" title="Time in Russia">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">MSK</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178?uselang=en#P421" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-vremeni_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vremeni-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">RU-KRS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Russia" title="Vehicle registration plates of Russia">License plates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">46</td></tr><tr class="46"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OKTMO" title="OKTMO">OKTMO</a> ID</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">38000000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a><sup id="cite_ref-Russian_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russian-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://курскаяобласть.рф">курскаяобласть.рф</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kursk Oblast</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Курская область</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Kurskaya oblast'</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[ˈkurskəjə<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈobləsʲtʲ]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subject</a> of <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblast</a>). Its <a href="/wiki/Administrative_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative center">administrative center</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of inhabited localities in Russia">city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_census" title="2021 Russian census">2021 census</a>, Kursk Oblast had a population of 1,082,458.<sup id="cite_ref-2021Census_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021Census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trutovsky_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Trutovsky_001.jpg/220px-Trutovsky_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Trutovsky_001.jpg/330px-Trutovsky_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Trutovsky_001.jpg/440px-Trutovsky_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1978" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Khorovod" title="Khorovod">Khorovod</a> in Kursk, 1860, painting by <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Trutovsky" title="Konstantin Trutovsky">Konstantin Trutovsky</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12,_Schlacht_um_Kursk,_Panzer_VI_(Tiger_I).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-207-12%2C_Schlacht_um_Kursk%2C_Panzer_VI_%28Tiger_I%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="495" /></a><figcaption>Waffen-SS <a href="/wiki/Division_Das_Reich" class="mw-redirect" title="Division Das Reich">Panzer Division <i>Das Reich</i></a> with a <a href="/wiki/Tiger_I" title="Tiger I">Tiger I</a> tank, in June 1943 before the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The territory of Kursk Oblast has been populated since the end of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">last ice age</a>. Slavic tribes of the <a href="/wiki/Severians" title="Severians">Severians</a> inhabited the area. From 830 the current Kursk Oblast was part of the <a href="/wiki/Rus%27_Khaganate" title="Rus' Khaganate">Rus' Khaganate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a> states. The oldest towns in the region are <a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rylsk,_Russia" title="Rylsk, Russia">Rylsk</a>, first mentioned in 1032 and 1152,<sup id="cite_ref-sgk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> respectively, both capitals of small medieval eponymous duchies.<sup id="cite_ref-army_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-army-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sgk_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sgk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 13th century, the region was conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a>. </p><p>In the 15th century it was part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagiellonian">Jagiellonian</a> dynasty. It was lost in the 16th-century <a href="/wiki/Muscovite%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Wars" title="Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars">Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchy of Moscow">Grand Duchy of Moscow</a>. A real growth of the area around Kursk began soon after that, with a large migration from Central Russia after the <a href="/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1601%E2%80%931603" title="Russian famine of 1601–1603">Russian famine of 1601–1603</a>. The region was affected by <a href="/wiki/Crimean%E2%80%93Nogai_slave_raids_in_Eastern_Europe" title="Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe">Crimean–Nogai slave raids</a> in the 16th and 17th centuries. The current southwestern outskirts of the oblast with the town of <a href="/wiki/Sudzha" title="Sudzha">Sudzha</a> were part of <a href="/wiki/Sloboda_Ukraine" title="Sloboda Ukraine">Sloboda Ukraine</a> and populated by Ukrainians since the mid-17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1708 and 1719, Kursk was part of the newly created <a href="/wiki/Kiev_Governorate" title="Kiev Governorate">Kiev Governorate</a>. From 1719 to 1727, it was a part of <a href="/wiki/Belgorodsky_Uyezd" title="Belgorodsky Uyezd">Belgorodsky Uyezd</a> of Kiev Governorate. From 1727, <a href="/wiki/Kursky_Uyezd" title="Kursky Uyezd">Kursky Uyezd</a> was part of <a href="/wiki/Belgorod_Governorate" title="Belgorod Governorate">Belgorod Governorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 May 1779, <a href="/wiki/Kursk_Governorate" title="Kursk Governorate">Kursk Governorate</a> was established. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, in 1918, it was the site of fights of Ukrainians and <a href="/wiki/Imperial_German_Army" title="Imperial German Army">Germans</a> against Russia. In 1918, the western portion of the current Kursk Oblast with the towns of Rylsk and Sudzha was part of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_State" title="Ukrainian State">Ukrainian State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-army_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-army-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Korenevo,_Korenevsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Korenevo, Korenevsky District, Kursk Oblast">Korenevo</a> was the place of signing of a <a href="/wiki/Ceasefire" title="Ceasefire">ceasefire</a> between the Ukrainian State, <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Russia">Soviet Russia</a> in May 1918. Kursk was the place of establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Workers%27_and_Peasants%27_Government_of_Ukraine" title="Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government of Ukraine">Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government of Ukraine</a>, and Sudzha was its first seat in November-December 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sudzha remained part of <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Ukraine">Soviet Ukraine</a> until 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kursk Governorate existed until 1928, when the territory of Kursk Governorate became a part of <a href="/wiki/Central_Black_Earth_Oblast" title="Central Black Earth Oblast">Central Black Earth Oblast</a>. As Central Chernozem Oblast was very large its administration was very difficult, on 13 June 1934 it was divided into two oblasts: Kursk Oblast and Voronezh Oblast.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the period between 1934 and 1954, oblasts' borders were frequently adjusted. However, the area and borders of the oblast have remained stable from 1954. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the territory of Kursk Oblast was occupied by <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> troops from the autumn of 1941 until the summer of 1943. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a>, which was one of the major battles of World War II, took place in the region between 5 July 1943 and 23 August 1943. </p><p>The territory of Kursk Oblast was the region in which the 4th <a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="List of leaders of the Soviet Union">leader of the Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a>, was born. </p><p>As of 2024, the <a href="/wiki/Urengoy%E2%80%93Pomary%E2%80%93Uzhhorod_pipeline" title="Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline">Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sudzha" title="Sudzha">Sudzha</a> was the last remaining point through which <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Russia" title="Natural gas in Russia">natural gas</a> flowed from Russia to Europe via Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2024, Ukrainian forces <a href="/wiki/August_2024_Kursk_Oblast_incursion" class="mw-redirect" title="August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion">crossed the border</a> into Kursk Oblast during the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> resulting in a small part of the oblast becoming under <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_occupation_of_Kursk_oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian occupation of Kursk oblast">Ukrainian occupation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Place</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1043192559"><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kursk Oblast</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Kursk Oblast is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Bryansk_Oblast" title="Bryansk Oblast">Bryansk Oblast</a> to the north-west (border length: 120 km (75 mi)), <a href="/wiki/Oryol_Oblast" title="Oryol Oblast">Oryol Oblast</a> to the north (325 km (202 mi)), <a href="/wiki/Lipetsk_Oblast" title="Lipetsk Oblast">Lipetsk Oblast</a> to the north-east (65 km (40 mi)), <a href="/wiki/Voronezh_Oblast" title="Voronezh Oblast">Voronezh Oblast</a> to the east (145 km (90 mi)), <a href="/wiki/Belgorod_Oblast" title="Belgorod Oblast">Belgorod Oblast</a> to the south (335 km (208 mi)), and <a href="/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" title="Sumy Oblast">Sumy Oblast</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> to the west (245 km (152 mi)). </p><p>It occupies the southern slopes of the middle-Russian plateau. The surface is hilly and intersected by <a href="/wiki/Ravine" title="Ravine">ravines</a>. The central part of the oblast is more elevated than the <a href="/wiki/Seym_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seym River">Seym river</a> valley in the west. The average elevation is 177–225 m (581–738 ft) and the Timsko-Shchigrinsky ridge contains the highest point at 288 m (945 ft) above sea level. The low relief, gentle slopes, and mild winters make the area suitable for farming, and much of the forest has been cleared. <a href="/wiki/Chernozem" title="Chernozem">Chernozem</a> soils cover around 70% of the oblast, and <a href="/wiki/Podsol" class="mw-redirect" title="Podsol">podsol</a> soils 26%; chernozem is among the best soils for agriculture, and podsol among the worst. </p><p>Kursk Oblast contributes to two major drainage areas: the <a href="/wiki/Dnieper_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnieper River">Dnieper River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Don_River,_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Don River, Russia">Don River</a> (78% and 22% respectively). There are 902 rivers and streams in the oblast, with a total length of approximately 8,000 km (5,000 mi). Major rivers include the <a href="/wiki/Seym_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Seym River">Seym</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Psyol_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Psyol River">Psyol</a>. The inland waters of Kursk oblast consist of 145 artificial lakes and about 550 small ponds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_resources">Natural resources</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bolshoye_Gorodkovo,_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia,_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg/220px-Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg/330px-Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg/440px-Bolshoye_Gorodkovo%2C_Kurskaya_oblast%27_Russia%2C_307624_-_panoramio_-_Leonid_Andronov_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2372" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Kursk Oblast landscape</figcaption></figure> <p>Kursk Oblast is one of Russia's major producers of <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a>. The area of the <a href="/wiki/Kursk_Magnetic_Anomaly" title="Kursk Magnetic Anomaly">Kursk Magnetic Anomaly</a> has one of the richest iron-ore deposits in the world. <a href="/wiki/Rare_earths" class="mw-redirect" title="Rare earths">Rare earths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Base_metal" title="Base metal">base metals</a> also occur in commercial quantities in several locations. Refractory <a href="/wiki/Loam" title="Loam">loam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_mineral_sands_ore_deposits" title="Heavy mineral sands ore deposits">mineral sands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> are quarried and processed in the region. The oblast's reserves of <a href="/wiki/Artesian_aquifer" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesian aquifer">artesian-well water</a> are proving useful for medical purposes. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Streleckaja_step.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Streleckaja_step.JPG/220px-Streleckaja_step.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Streleckaja_step.JPG/330px-Streleckaja_step.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Streleckaja_step.JPG/440px-Streleckaja_step.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Cumans" title="Cumans">Cuman</a> statue in the <a href="/wiki/East_European_forest_steppe" title="East European forest steppe">East European forest steppe</a> in the oblast</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <p>The oblast's location at the center of the European part of Russia gives the region a medium continental <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a>: warm summers and relatively mild winters. In July the average daytime high temperature is +19.3 °C (66.7 °F). In January the average high is −8.6 °C (16.5 °F). The average number of frost-free days ranges from 150 in the north to 160 in the south. The growing season in Kursk Oblast varies, from 180 days in the north to 195 days in the southwest. The average annual precipitation for the oblast is 584 mm (23.0 in), but it ranges from 634 mm (25.0 in) in the northwest to about 500 mm (20 in) or less in the southeastern corner. Rainfall peaks during June and July. The snow depth in Kursk Oblast differs considerably, from 300–400 mm (12–16 in) in the north of the oblast, to 150–250 mm (5.9–9.8 in) in the south. Annual sunshine is 1775 hours. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3></div> <p>Kursk Oblast forms a part of the Eastern European forest-steppe. One-quarter of Kursk oblast was once heavily wooded. Hardwood timbers included <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ash_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash tree">ash</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elm" title="Elm">elm</a>. Now forests cover only 10% of the oblast. Animals native to the area are numerous. <a href="/wiki/Pike_(fish)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pike (fish)">Pike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alburnus" title="Alburnus">bleak</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Perch" title="Perch">perch</a> abound in local rivers. <a href="/wiki/Otter" title="Otter">Otter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Badger" title="Badger">badger</a>, as well as wild <a href="/wiki/Boar" class="mw-redirect" title="Boar">boar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_deer" title="Red deer">red deer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roe_deer" title="Roe deer">roe deer</a> remain numerous in many parts of the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Kursk_Oblast" title="Administrative divisions of Kursk Oblast">Administrative divisions of Kursk Oblast</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Kursk_Oblast.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Kursk_Oblast.png/300px-Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Kursk_Oblast.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Kursk_Oblast.png/450px-Life_expectancy_in_Russian_subject_-Kursk_Oblast.png 1.5x, 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0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1897</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,371,012</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,906,360</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1959</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,483,305</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−49.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,473,864</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,398,889</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1989</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,339,414</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,235,091</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,127,081</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,082,458</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Census data</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Population: <span class="nowrap">1,082,458 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Russian_census" title="2021 Russian census">2021 Census</a>)</span>;<sup id="cite_ref-2021Census_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021Census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="nowrap">1,127,081 (<a href="/wiki/2010_Russian_census" title="2010 Russian census">2010 Census</a>)</span>;<sup id="cite_ref-2010Census_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010Census-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="nowrap">1,235,091 (<a href="/wiki/2002_Russian_census" title="2002 Russian census">2002 Census</a>)</span>;<sup id="cite_ref-PopCensus_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopCensus-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="nowrap">1,339,414 (<a href="/wiki/1989_Soviet_census" title="1989 Soviet census">1989 Soviet census</a>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census1989_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1989-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Vital statistics for 2022:</b><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Births: 8,019 (7.4 per 1,000)</li> <li>Deaths: 17,717 (16.4 per 1,000)</li></ul> <p><b>Total fertility rate (2022):</b><sup id="cite_ref-gks.ru-tfr_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gks.ru-tfr-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> 1.29 children per woman </p><p><b>Life expectancy (2021):</b><sup id="cite_ref-rosstat_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rosstat-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> Total — 68.56 years (male — 64.09, female — 72.94) </p> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><b>Ethnic composition (2021):</b><sup id="cite_ref-2021Census_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021Census-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> – 95.9%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> – 0.6%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> – 0.6%</li> <li>Others – 2.7%</li> <li>148,354 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Empire Census">1897 census</a>, there were 77.3% Russians and 22.3% Ukrainians in the <a href="/wiki/Kursk_Governorate" title="Kursk Governorate">Kursk Governorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1932 forced end to <a href="/wiki/Ukrainization" title="Ukrainization">Ukrainization</a> in southern Russia (Soviet Republic) led to a massive decline of reported Ukrainians in these regions in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1937)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Census (1937)">1937 Soviet Census</a> compared to the 1926 <a href="/wiki/First_All-Union_Census_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union">First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The annual growth rate of the oblast's population is negative; death rate exceeds overall birth rates and immigration. </p> <dl><dt>Religion</dt></dl> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Kursk Oblast as of 2012 (Sreda Arena Atlas)<sup id="cite_ref-2012ArenaAtlas_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ArenaAtlas-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2012Arena-religion-maps_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012Arena-religion-maps-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodoxy</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkOrchid; width:68.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">68.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Old_Believers" title="Old Believers">Old Believers</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Purple; width:0.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Russia" title="Christianity in Russia">Christians</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DeepSkyBlue; width:0.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Spiritual_but_not_religious" title="Spiritual but not religious">Spiritual but not religious</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:DarkSlateGray; width:24.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">24.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">Atheism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">irreligion</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Black; width:4.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other and undeclared</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gray; width:1.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to a 2012 survey<sup id="cite_ref-2012ArenaAtlas_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ArenaAtlas-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 68.7% of the population of Kursk Oblast adheres to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a>. In addition, 24% of the population declares to be "<a href="/wiki/Spiritual_but_not_religious" title="Spiritual but not religious">spiritual but not religious</a>", 4% is <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a>, and 3.3% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.<sup id="cite_ref-2012ArenaAtlas_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012ArenaAtlas-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG/220px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG/330px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG/440px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>An Orthodox monastery where <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Kursk" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Kursk">Our Lady of Kursk</a></i> used to be located</figcaption></figure> <p>The largest universities of Kursk Oblast are <a href="/wiki/Kursk_State_University" title="Kursk State University">Kursk State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kursk_State_Technical_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Kursk State Technical University">Kursk State Technical University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kursk_State_Medical_University" title="Kursk State Medical University">Kursk State Medical University</a> and Kursk State Agricultural Academy, all of which are located in the city of Kursk. There are also 19 other higher education facilities in Kursk Oblast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3451" data-file-height="2405" /></a><figcaption>Kursk Oblast Duma seat, June 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> period, the high authority in the oblast was shared between three persons: The first secretary of the Kursk CPSU Committee (who in reality had the biggest authority), the chairman of the oblast Soviet (legislative power), and the Chairman of the oblast Executive Committee (executive power). In 1991, CPSU lost power, and the head of the Oblast administration, and eventually the governor was appointed/elected alongside elected <a href="/wiki/Regional_parliaments_of_Russia" title="Regional parliaments of Russia">regional parliament</a>. </p><p>The Charter of Kursk Oblast is the fundamental law of the region. The <a href="/wiki/Kursk_Oblast_Duma" title="Kursk Oblast Duma">Kursk Oblast Duma</a> is the province's standing legislative (representative) body. The Legislative Assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. The highest executive body is the Oblast Government, which includes territorial executive bodies such as district administrations, committees, and commissions that facilitate development and run the day to day matters of the province. The Oblast administration supports the activities of the Governor who is the highest official and acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Russia" title="Constitution of Russia">Constitution of Russia</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9,_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg/220px-2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg/330px-2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg/440px-2023-07-27._%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Russian children lay flowers at a memorial to children <a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_genocide_in_Donbas" title="Allegations of genocide in Donbas">allegedly killed by Ukrainian forces</a> in <a href="/wiki/Donbas" title="Donbas">Donbas</a>, a state-sponsored event in Kursk in July 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>The pro-government <a href="/wiki/United_Russia" title="United Russia">United Russia</a> Party and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Communist Party of the Russian Federation">Communist Party of the Russian Federation</a> are Kursk Oblast's major political parties. Traditionally, the Communist Party is the strongest in the Oblast's rural area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurchatov,_Kursk_Oblast,_Russia_-_panoramio_(21).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg/220px-Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg/330px-Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg/440px-Kurchatov%2C_Kursk_Oblast%2C_Russia_-_panoramio_%2821%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Shops in <a href="/wiki/Kurchatov,_Russia" title="Kurchatov, Russia">Kurchatov</a> in 2013</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3></div> <p>The oblast's industrial production dropped rapidly during the 1990s, as an industrial crisis was stimulated by the nationwide economic crisis which followed the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. However, by the end of the decade output was increasing. Moreover, the manufacturing sector, despite a sagging economy in the late 20th century, continues to account for about 40% of the oblast's <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a>. The engineering, electric-power, metal-working, chemicals, and food processing are the dominant industries. </p><p>The Mikhailovsky Mining Plant is one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> mining and processing facilities in Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kursk_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Kursk Nuclear Power Plant">Kursk Nuclear Power Plant</a> is one of the three biggest nuclear power plants in Russia and one of the four biggest <a href="/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Russia" title="Electricity sector in Russia">electricity producers</a> in the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3></div> <p>Most of the main farming areas are used for natural pastures or cultivation, which involves mainly <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_beet" title="Sugar beet">sugar beet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fodder" title="Fodder">fodder</a> crops. The main categories of productive holdings are wheat farms, dairy farms, poultry farms, and beef cattle. Agricultural lands cover 23,000 km<sup>2</sup> (8,900 sq mi), or 77% of the oblast's territory. </p><p>Kursk lies at the heart of Russia's <a href="/wiki/Central_Black_Earth_Region" title="Central Black Earth Region">Central Black Earth Region</a>, so-named for its rich <a href="/wiki/Chernozem" title="Chernozem">black soils</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_(%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg/220px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg/330px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg/440px-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9_71-911%D0%95%D0%9C_%C2%AB%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%C2%BB_%28%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1008" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PC_Transport_Systems" title="PC Transport Systems">Lionet</a> trams in Kursk</figcaption></figure> <p>The transportation industry of Kursk Oblast, with easy access to national and international markets, is the basis for the oblast's development. The most important modes of transport throughout the oblast are railway and road. Region roads serve towns and rural settlements through a 5,600 km (3,500 mi) road network. An airport in the oblast was opened to international flights in July 1997.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The oblast's railroads are one of the most important parts of the transportation system. They are part of the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Railway" title="Moscow Railway">Moscow</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(Russia)" title="South Eastern Railway (Russia)">South Eastern Railway</a> systems. Two major rail links pass through the oblast: Moscow–<a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>–<a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a>. The total length of the railway network is 1,100 km (680 mi). The operational length of the railways is 1,561.2 km (970.1 mi), of which 500 km (310 mi) are access roads. The length of the electrified lines is 242 km (150 mi). The density of the railroads in Kursk Oblast is one of the highest in Russia. The largest railway junctions are Kursk, <a href="/wiki/Lgov,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Lgov, Kursk Oblast">Lgov</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kastornoye" title="Kastornoye">Kastornoye</a>. There are sixty-five railway stations in the oblast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg/220px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg/330px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg/440px-%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B8_%28%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%27%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B5%C2%BB%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Maryino_Estate,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Maryino Estate, Kursk Oblast">Maryino Estate</a> was built by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Russian_princely_families" title="List of Russian princely families">princely</a> <a href="/wiki/Yury_Baryatinsky" title="Yury Baryatinsky">Baryatinsky</a> family in the 19th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Kursk Oblast's most prominent natural attraction is the <a href="/wiki/Central_Black_Earth_Nature_Reserve" title="Central Black Earth Nature Reserve">Central Black Earth Nature Reserve</a>, which is well-suited for hiking and other outdoor activities. The Oblast's forests and other undeveloped areas are ideal for hunting, fishing, and camping. 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Sreda, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2012Arena-religion-maps-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2012Arena-religion-maps_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://c2.kommersant.ru/ISSUES.PHOTO/OGONIOK/2012/034/ogcyhjk2.jpg">2012 Arena Atlas Religion Maps</a>. "Ogonek", № 34 (5243), 27/08/2012. 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August 16, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Moscow+Times&rft.atitle=Counting+the+Economic+Costs+of+Ukraine%E2%80%99s+Kursk+Assault&rft.date=2024-08-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoscowtimes.com%2F2024%2F08%2F16%2Fcounting-the-economic-costs-of-ukraines-kursk-assault-a86052&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKursk+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3></div> <ul><li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Курская областная Дума. Закон №67-ЗКО от 2 октября 2001 г. «Устав Курской области», в ред. Закона №30-ЗКО от 28 апреля 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в абзац второй части 3 статьи 23 Устава Курской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального публикования. Опубликован: "Курская правда", №161, 5 октября 2001 г.</span></span> (Kursk Oblast Duma. Law #67-ZKO of October 2, 2001 <i>Charter of Kursk Oblast</i>, as amended by the Law #30-ZKO of April 28, 2015 <i>On Amending Paragraph Two of Part 3 of Article 23 of the Charter of Kursk Oblast</i>. Effective as of the official publication date.).</li> <li><span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Всероссийский центральный исполнительный комитет. Постановление от 13 июня 1934 г. «О разделении Центрально-Чернозёмной области».</span></span> (<a href="/wiki/All-Russian_Central_Executive_Committee" title="All-Russian Central Executive Committee">All-Russian Central Executive Committee</a>. Resolution of June 13, 1934 <i>On Splitting <a href="/wiki/Central_Black_Earth_Oblast" title="Central Black Earth Oblast">Central Black Earth Oblast</a></i>. ).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kursk_Oblast" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kursk Oblast">Kursk Oblast</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://курскаяобласть.рф/en/index.html">Official website of Kursk Oblast</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://курскаяобласть.рф/">Official website of Kursk Oblast</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170805080752/http://xn--80aac8aaitnjglc1k9a.xn--p1ai/">Archived</a> August 5, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kommersant.com/tree.asp?rubric=5&node=393&doc_id=-50">Kursk Region History and General Information</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305223941/http://kommersant.com/tree.asp?doc_id=-50&node=393&rubric=5">Archived</a> March 5, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKropotkinBealby1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin" title="Peter Kropotkin">Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch</a>; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Kursk (government)"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Kursk_(government)">"Kursk (government)" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. 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occupation of Kherson Oblast">Kherson</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirov_Oblast" title="Kirov Oblast">Kirov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostroma_Oblast" title="Kostroma Oblast">Kostroma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurgan_Oblast" title="Kurgan Oblast">Kurgan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Oblast" title="Leningrad Oblast">Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lipetsk_Oblast" title="Lipetsk Oblast">Lipetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magadan_Oblast" title="Magadan Oblast">Magadan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Oblast" title="Moscow Oblast">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murmansk_Oblast" title="Murmansk Oblast">Murmansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod_Oblast" title="Nizhny Novgorod Oblast">Nizhny Novgorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novgorod_Oblast" title="Novgorod Oblast">Novgorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novosibirsk_Oblast" title="Novosibirsk Oblast">Novosibirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omsk_Oblast" title="Omsk Oblast">Omsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orenburg_Oblast" title="Orenburg Oblast">Orenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oryol_Oblast" title="Oryol Oblast">Oryol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penza_Oblast" title="Penza Oblast">Penza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pskov_Oblast" title="Pskov Oblast">Pskov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rostov_Oblast" title="Rostov Oblast">Rostov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryazan_Oblast" title="Ryazan Oblast">Ryazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakhalin_Oblast" title="Sakhalin Oblast">Sakhalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samara_Oblast" title="Samara Oblast">Samara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratov_Oblast" title="Saratov Oblast">Saratov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smolensk_Oblast" title="Smolensk Oblast">Smolensk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sverdlovsk_Oblast" title="Sverdlovsk Oblast">Sverdlovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambov_Oblast" title="Tambov Oblast">Tambov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomsk_Oblast" title="Tomsk Oblast">Tomsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tula_Oblast" title="Tula Oblast">Tula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tver_Oblast" title="Tver Oblast">Tver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyumen_Oblast" title="Tyumen Oblast">Tyumen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulyanovsk_Oblast" title="Ulyanovsk Oblast">Ulyanovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Oblast" title="Vladimir Oblast">Vladimir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volgograd_Oblast" title="Volgograd Oblast">Volgograd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vologda_Oblast" title="Vologda Oblast">Vologda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voronezh_Oblast" title="Voronezh Oblast">Voronezh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaroslavl_Oblast" title="Yaroslavl Oblast">Yaroslavl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporozhye</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</a> (24)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adygea" title="Adygea">Adygea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altai_Republic" title="Altai Republic">Altai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashkortostan" title="Bashkortostan">Bashkortostan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buryatia" title="Buryatia">Buryatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuvashia" title="Chuvashia">Chuvashia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Crimea</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingushetia" title="Ingushetia">Ingushetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria">Kabardino-Balkaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmykia" title="Kalmykia">Kalmykia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karachay-Cherkessia" title="Karachay-Cherkessia">Karachay-Cherkessia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Karelia" title="Republic of Karelia">Karelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khakassia" title="Khakassia">Khakassia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komi_Republic" title="Komi Republic">Komi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mari_El" title="Mari El">Mari El</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordovia" title="Mordovia">Mordovia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Ossetia%E2%80%93Alania" title="North Ossetia–Alania">North Ossetia–Alania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakha_Republic" title="Sakha Republic">Sakha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatarstan" title="Tatarstan">Tatarstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuva" title="Tuva">Tuva</a></li> <li><a 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title="Zabaykalsky Krai">Zabaykalsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_okrugs_of_Russia" title="Autonomous okrugs of Russia">Autonomous okrugs</a> (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Chukotka Autonomous Okrug">Chukotka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanty-Mansi_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug">Khanty-Mansi</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nenets_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Nenets Autonomous Okrug">Nenets</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamalo-Nenets_Autonomous_Okrug" title="Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug">Yamalo-Nenets</a><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal cities</a> (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia#Types" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Autonomous oblast</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Jewish Autonomous Oblast">Jewish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup>Considered by most of the international community to be part of <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><sup>2</sup>Administratively subordinated to <a href="/wiki/Tyumen_Oblast" title="Tyumen Oblast">Tyumen Oblast</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><sup>3</sup>Administratively subordinated to <a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk_Oblast" title="Arkhangelsk Oblast">Arkhangelsk Oblast</a>.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Non-constitutional_official_divisions_by_various_institutions"><b>Non-constitutional official divisions by various institutions</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_districts_of_Russia" title="Federal districts of Russia">Federal districts</a> (by <a 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District">Bolshesoldatsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheremisinovsky_District" title="Cheremisinovsky District">Cheremisinovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitriyevsky_District" title="Dmitriyevsky District">Dmitriyevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatezhsky_District" title="Fatezhsky District">Fatezhsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glushkovsky_District" title="Glushkovsky District">Glushkovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorshechensky_District" title="Gorshechensky District">Gorshechensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastorensky_District" title="Kastorensky District">Kastorensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khomutovsky_District" title="Khomutovsky District">Khomutovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konyshyovsky_District" title="Konyshyovsky District">Konyshyovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korenevsky_District" title="Korenevsky District">Korenevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurchatovsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast">Kurchatovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kursky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Kursky District, Kursk Oblast">Kursky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lgovsky_District" title="Lgovsky District">Lgovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manturovsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Manturovsky District, Kursk Oblast">Manturovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medvensky_District" title="Medvensky District">Medvensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oboyansky_District" title="Oboyansky District">Oboyansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oktyabrsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Oktyabrsky District, Kursk Oblast">Oktyabrsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponyrovsky_District" title="Ponyrovsky District">Ponyrovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pristensky_District" title="Pristensky District">Pristensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylsky_District" title="Rylsky District">Rylsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchigrovsky_District" title="Shchigrovsky District">Shchigrovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solntsevsky_District" title="Solntsevsky District">Solntsevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovetsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Sovetsky District, Kursk Oblast">Sovetsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudzhansky_District" title="Sudzhansky District">Sudzhansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timsky_District" title="Timsky District">Timsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheleznogorsky_District" title="Zheleznogorsky District">Zheleznogorsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zolotukhinsky_District" title="Zolotukhinsky District">Zolotukhinsky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities and towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dmitriyev_(town)" title="Dmitriyev (town)">Dmitriyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatezh" title="Fatezh">Fatezh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurchatov,_Russia" title="Kurchatov, Russia">Kurchatov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lgov,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Lgov, Kursk Oblast">Lgov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oboyan" title="Oboyan">Oboyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylsk,_Russia" title="Rylsk, Russia">Rylsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchigry,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Shchigry, Kursk Oblast">Shchigry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudzha" title="Sudzha">Sudzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zheleznogorsk,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast">Zheleznogorsk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Urban-type_settlement" title="Urban-type settlement">Urban-type settlements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheremisinovo" title="Cheremisinovo">Cheremisinovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glushkovo,_Glushkovsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Glushkovo, Glushkovsky District, Kursk Oblast">Glushkovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorshechnoye" title="Gorshechnoye">Gorshechnoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imeni_Karla_Libknekhta,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Imeni Karla Libknekhta, Kursk Oblast">Imeni Karla Libknekhta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivanino" title="Ivanino">Ivanino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastornoye" title="Kastornoye">Kastornoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khomutovka,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Khomutovka, Kursk Oblast">Khomutovka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovsky,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Kirovsky, Kursk Oblast">Kirovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konyshyovka" title="Konyshyovka">Konyshyovka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korenevo,_Korenevsky_District,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Korenevo, Korenevsky District, Kursk Oblast">Korenevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshensky" title="Kshensky">Kshensky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnitny" title="Magnitny">Magnitny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medvenka,_Kursk_Oblast" title="Medvenka, Kursk Oblast">Medvenka</a></li> <li><a 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