Kursk
city in the south-west of Russia
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Summary
Kursk is a big city[1]. Kursk draws 5,938 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #128 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kursk Oblast[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Head of government: Куцак Ігор В'ячеславович[5]
- Instance of: administrative divisions of Russia[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Центральный округ (Курск)[7], Железнодорожный округ (Курск)[8], Сеймский округ (Курск)[9]
- Flag: flag of Kursk[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Speyer[11], Tczew[12], Niš[13], Witten[14], Zweibrücken[15], Chern[16], Užice[17], Feodosiia[18], Tiraspol[19], Gomel[20], Dębno[21], Vidyayevo[22], Veria[23], Sukhumi[24]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kursk[25]
- Postal code: 305000[26]
- Part of: Kursk Oblast[27]
- Commons category: Kursk[28]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[29]
- Local dialing code: 4712[30]
- Inception: 1032[31]
- Official website: https://kursk-r38.gosweb.gosuslugi.ru/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kursk[33]
- Population: 440,052[34], 452,976[35], 449,556[36], 448,733[37], 449,063[38], 443,212[39], 435,117[40], 431,171[41], 428,741[42], 423,181[43], 416,298[44], 415,159[45], 410,840[46], 408,148[47]
Why It Matters
Kursk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Kursk is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]