Kursk

Kursk (Russian: Курск; IPA: [ˈkursk]) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the SovietGerman struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history. Population: 415,159(2010 Census); 412,442(2002 Census); 424,239(1989 Census).

History

Archaeology indicates that the site of Kursk was settled in the 5th or 4th century BCE. The settlement was fortified and included Slavs at least as early as the 8th century CE.

The first written record of Kursk is dated 1032. It was mentioned as one of Severian towns by Prince Igor in The Tale of Igor's Campaign: "Saddle, brother, your swift steeds. As to mine, they are ready, saddled ahead, near Kursk; as to my Kurskers, they are famous knights—swaddled under war-horns, nursed under helmets, fed from the point of the lance; to them the trails are familiar, to them the ravines are known, the bows they have are strung tight, the quivers, unclosed, the sabers, sharpened; themselves, like gray wolves, they lope in the field, seeking for themselves honor, and for their prince, glory."

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Cross-border raid fuels calls for Russia to arm its self-defense forces

Arab News 26 May 2023
After this week’s attack, the governors of two regions which border UkraineBelgorod and Kursk — said they favored changing the law to allow local volunteer self-defense units to be armed when necessary. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod, said he and others were working to try to change the law....
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Cross-border raid fuels calls for Russia to arm its self-defence forces

Reuters 26 May 2023
After this week's attack, the governors of two regions which border Ukraine - Belgorod and Kursk - said they favoured changing the law to allow local volunteer self-defence units to be armed when necessary. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod, said he and others were working to try to change the law....
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Russia’s Belgorod, Ukraine’s Dnipro attacked as war escalates

Al Jazeera 26 May 2023
“We’ve been seeing intensified strikes on Ukraine,” she said ... After this week’s attack, the governors of Belgorod and Kursk said they favoured changing the law to allow local volunteer self-defence units to be armed when necessary ... Roman Starovoit, governor of the Kursk region which also borders Ukraine, said he favoured the idea, too ... ....

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