Kursk: facts

At a glance

• Country: Russia
• Region: Kursk Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 448,733
• Coordinates: 51.7269° N, 36.1846° E
• Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Ruble (RUB)
• Distance to the capital, Moscow: 457 km (284 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kursk East Airport (URS): 8.1 km (5.0 mi), straight line
• Belgorod International Airport (EGO): 124 km (77 mi), straight line
• Voronezh International Airport (VOZ): 210 km (130 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Pryamitsyno: 19 km (12 mi)
• Medvenka: 35 km (22 mi)
• Kurchatov: 35 km (22 mi)
• Zolotukhino: 42 km (26 mi)
• Fatezh: 46 km (29 mi)