Kurya (rural Locality)
Kurya (russian: Курья) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: *Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai Kurya (russian: Курья) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Kuryinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: It is the place of birth of Mikhail Kalashnikov. In November 2013 a museum dedicated to him wa ..., a ''selo'' in Kuryinsky Selsoviet of Kuryinsky District of Altai Krai * Kurya, Kytmanovsky District, Altai Krai, a ''selo'' in Kytmanovsky Selsoviet of Kytmanovsky District of Altai Krai * Kurya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a village in Moshinsky Selsoviet of Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast * Kurya, Kemerovo Oblast, a settlement in Kuzedeyevskaya Rural Territory of Novokuznetsky District of Kemerovo Oblast * Kurya, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a village in Shalinsky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast * Kurya, Tyumen Oblast, a settlement in Suprinsky Rural Okrug of Vagaysky District of Tyumen Oblast * Kurya, Udmurt Republic, a ''sel ...
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Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai
Kurya (russian: Курья) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Kuryinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: It is the place of birth of Mikhail Kalashnikov. In November 2013 a museum dedicated to him was opened in the town, in a century-old wooden school house where Kalashnikov used to study. Kalashnikov, who turned 94 years old at the time of the opening, said he was unable to attend the opening ceremony due to poor health (he died only the following month). Kalashnikov had donated numerous personal items to the museum, including an honorary professor's robe from Harvard University and a letter from late Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on a ..., who traveled to Russia in 2009 to personally congr ...
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Kurya, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast
Kurya (russian: Курья) is a rural locality (a village) in Churovskoye Rural Settlement, Sheksninsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 4 as of 2002. Geography Kurya is located 16 km northeast of Sheksna The Sheksna (russian: Шексна́) is a river in Belozersky, Kirillovsky, Sheksninsky, and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Volga. It is long, and the area of its basin .