Medvenka (Kursk)

Urban-type settlement Medwenka Медвенка Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kursk Rajon Medvensky Urban-type settlement since 1974 population 4,398 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 220  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47146 Post Code 307030 License Plate 46 OKATO 38 224 551 Website pmedvenka.rkursk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 25 '  N , 36 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '0 "  N , 36 ° 6' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kursk Oblast

Medwenka ( Russian Ме́двенка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Kursk Oblast in Russia with 4,398 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 30 km as the crow flies south of the Kursk Oblast Administrative Center on the river of the same name, which flows over the Polnaya to the Seim .

Medvenka is the administrative center of Medvensky Rajons and the seat and only locality of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Medvenka.

history

The place was probably founded in the 1630s. From the end of the 18th century it belonged as Sloboda to the Ujesd Obojan of the Kursk Governorate .

On July 30, 1928 Medvenka became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. During World War II , Medwenka was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on November 9, 1941 and recaptured by the Red Army on February 9, 1943 during the Battle of Kharkov .

The Rajon was temporarily dissolved on February 1, 1963, but restored on December 12, 1970. Since August 22, 1974 the place has the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2396
1939	2150
1959	1959
1979	3533
1989	4446
2002	4595
2010	4398

Note: census data

traffic

The federal trunk road M2 runs through Medwenka from Moscow via Kursk to Belgorod and to the Ukrainian border in the direction of Kharkiv .

The nearest train stations are in the Kursk Oblast Center: Ryschkowo on the Kursk - Lgov route  - Ukrainian border in the direction of Kiev , and the main train station on the Moscow - Kharkiv route.

Web links

• Official website of the municipal 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)