Kurkino (Tula)

Urban-type settlement Kurkino Куркино Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tula Rajon Kurkinsky First mention 1595 Urban-type settlement since 1968 population 5411 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 240  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48743 Post Code 301940 License Plate 71 OKATO 70 230 551 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 26 '  N , 38 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '30 "  N , 38 ° 39' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tula Oblast

Kurkino ( Russian Ку́ркино ) is an urban-type settlement in the Tula Oblast in Russia with 5411 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 110 km as the crow flies southeast of the Tula Oblast Administrative Center, just under 5 km from the border with Lipetsk Oblast . It is located not far from the source of the right-hand Don tributary Vyazovka.

Kurkino is the administrative center of the Rajons Kurkinski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Rabotchi possjolok Kurkino.

history

The place was founded in 1595. By the end of the 19th century it developed into a larger trading village on the road ("tract") from Jelez to the then city of Jepifan (today a settlement).

On July 8, 1924, Kurkino became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. In 1968 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3253
1959	2078
1970	5650
1979	6434
1989	6991
2002	6117
2010	5411

Note: census data

traffic

The station Kulikowo Pole is located in Kurkino , today the end point at 102 km of a railway line from Tschaplygin (station Ranenburg ) via Lev Tolstoy and Dankow . The line was opened in 1899 as part of the connection via Sukhinichi to Smolensk of the then Ryazan-Uralsk Railway . The section from Kulikowo Pole to the west via Wolowo to Tjoploje was closed in 1995 and dismantled in the 2000s. The station was first called Kurkino, but was given its current name in 1911 in memory of the battle on the Kulikowo Pole , which took place in 1380 in the area north of the later town.

The regional road 70K-059 leads to Kurkino from the north-west neighboring district center Bogorodizk on the federal trunk road M4 Don, about 50 km away . In a westerly direction, the 70K-129 also runs to the M4 north of Jefremow .

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)