Kurskaya (Stavropol)

Staniza Kurskaya Курская Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Rajon Kurski Founded 1784 Staniza since 1833 population 12,045 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 170  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87964 Post Code 357850-357851 License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 233 807 001 Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 3 '  N , 44 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 2 '30 "  N , 44 ° 27' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of large settlements in Russia

Kurskaja ( Russian Курска́я ) is a stanitsa in the Stavropol region in Russia with 12,045 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located in the foothills of the Caucasus about 220 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional administrative center Stavropol near the border with the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria and about 25 km north of the border with the Republic of Ingushetia . It is mainly located on the left bank of the Kura River , which arises as a bifurcation of the Malka and is lost a good 50 km east of Kurskaya in a semi-desert area. Since 1948, the river has been dammed up to the 5 km² large reservoir Kurskoje Wodochranilishche , which was originally used to generate energy and is now used for irrigation, recreation and fishing.

Kurskaya is the administrative center of Kurski Rajon and the seat of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Kurski selsowet, which also includes the village of Dobrovolnoje (12 km north-northeast), the settlement of Rowny (13 km north-north-west) and the hamlet (chutor) Novaya Derewnja (actually to the west) and Novotavritschesky (11 km north) belong.

history

The place was founded on July 2, 1784 by resettlers from central Russia, who were later counted among the Cossacks , which in 1833 resulted in the granting of the status of Stanitsa . The place name refers to the river.

Since January 2, 1935, Kurskaja has been the administrative center of a Rajon. During the Second World War , the Staniza was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from mid-August to the end of December 1942 and was located in the immediate front area for a long time.

Population development

year	Residents
1914	1,540
1939	3,526
1959	4.119
1970	7,403
1979	9,144
1989	10,562
2002	11,824
2010	12,045

Note: from 1939 census data

traffic

The Stanitsa is bypassed south of the regional road 07K-046, which connects Novopavlovsk, 70 km to the west, with the city of Mosdok in Ingushetia, 35 km south of Kuskaya. The nearest train station on the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala  - Baku route is also located there .

Web links

• Official website of the Raion 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)