Kursk

city in the south-west of Russia
Place big_city Q3159
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Kursk

Summary

Kursk is a big city[1]. Kursk draws 492 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #128 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kursk is located in Kursk Oblast[3].
  • Kursk is in the country of Russia[4].
  • Kursk is in the country of Russia[5].
  • Kursk's head of government is recorded as Куцак Ігор В'ячеславович[6].
  • Kursk's image is recorded as Знаменский Собор Курск (cropped).jpg[7].
  • Kursk's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Kursk's instance of is recorded as administrative divisions of Russia[9].
  • Kursk's flag image is recorded as Flag of Kursk.svg[10].
  • Kursk's coat of arms image is recorded as Kursk city COA.svg[11].
  • Kursk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q4504327[12].
  • Kursk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q4178945[13].
  • Kursk's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Q4413144[14].
  • Kursk's flag is recorded as flag of Kursk[15].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Speyer[16].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tczew[17].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Niš[18].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Witten[19].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zweibrücken[20].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chern[21].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Užice[22].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Feodosiia[23].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tiraspol[24].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gomel[25].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dębno[26].
  • Kursk's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vidyayevo[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Russia[4], a sovereign state[28], in Russia[29], founded in 1991[30]. Kursk is located in Kursk Oblast[3]. Kursk's part of is recorded as Kursk Oblast[31].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+440052'}[32], {'amount': '+452976'}[33], {'amount': '+449556'}[34], {'amount': '+448733'}[35], {'amount': '+449063'}[36], and {'amount': '+443212'}[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city[8] and administrative divisions of Russia[9].

History and Context

+1032-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kursk[38].

Why It Matters

Kursk draws 492 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #128 of 300).[2] Kursk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1194038. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . kurskadmin.ru. kurskadmin.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Q126684906. wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . Q126688520. wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . Q126684775. wikidata.org.
  31. [35] . Q127204131. wikidata.org.
  32. [36] . Q41348632. wikidata.org.
  33. [37] . Q126684493. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Miikul · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of Kursk Oblast
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 6000734
    Aliases
    Official website https://kursk-r38.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q106389302]]"
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