Kursk

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Kursk

Total population

434,696

Coordinates51.73°, 36.19°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. It has a population of 440,052 (2021 census).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Vera Slabadzyanyuk

Soviet skydiver

I

Igor Lotaryov

Soviet-Russian male middle-distance runner

A

Artyom Gorbulin

association football player

I

Ilya Kartavtsov

Soviet historian

A

Andrey Afonin

boxer

B

Boris Grishin

A

Andrei Lunev

ice hockey player (1968-)

V

Vera Alexeevna Poddubnaya-Arnoldi

Soviet botanist (1902-1985)

A

Ari Ben Gueffen

Israeli physician

O

Olha Oleksiy

Ukrainian actress

Vladimir Efimov

politician

G

G. M. Sverdlov

scientist

I

Ilya Bobryshov

association football player

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Nikolay Gorokhov

Soviet actor

M

Mikhail Markus

Russian physician

E

Evgeny Chepchenko

Russian acrobat

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kursk Oblast

• Pryamitsyno
  12.2 mi away · pop. 5,314
• Medvenka
  21.9 mi away · pop. 4,316
• Kurchatov
  23.4 mi away · pop. 39,167
• Zolotukhino
  25.7 mi away · pop. 4,613
• Ivanino
  27 mi away · pop. 2,268
• Fatezh
  28.5 mi away · pop. 5,922
• Imeni Karla Libknekhta
  31.5 mi away · pop. 7,870
• Solintsevo
  32.2 mi away · pop. 4,163
• Shchigry
  32.3 mi away · pop. 15,963
• Oboyan'
  36.1 mi away · pop. 13,422
• L'gov
  39 mi away · pop. 16,779
• Konyshyovka
  39.3 mi away · pop. 3,473

Browse all places in Kursk Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kursk

Kursk

M. Privalenko · 1968

Kursk Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide

USA International Business Publications · 2001

Regionalization of Russian foreign and security policy

Sergeĭ V. Sarychev · 2001

Kursk Oblast Investment & Business Guide (Russian Regional Investment & Business Guides)

USA International Business Publications · 2000

Unternehmen Zitadelle

Janusz Piekałkiewicz · 1983

Kurskai︠a︡ oblastʹ

Kursk (Russia). Kurskai͡a oblastnai͡a biblioteka. Bibliograficheskiĭ otdel · 1959

Operation "Citadel"

Janusz Piekałkiewicz · 1987

Kurskaia oblast' v semiletke

Ivan Maksimovich Doroshenko · 1960

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Seen 2026-09-24

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-23

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Seen 2026-09-22

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Seen 2026-09-22

Clepsis pallidana

Clepsis pallidana

Seen 2026-09-21

Alfalfa Plant Bug

Adelphocoris lineolatus

Seen 2026-09-21

Cotton Bollworm Moth

Helicoverpa armigera

Seen 2026-09-21

Pine Carpet

Pennithera firmata

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).