Bolshoye Shumakovo (russian: links=no, Большое Шумаково) is a

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() and the administrative center of Shumakovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement,

Kursky District Kursky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya ob ...

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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. Population:

Geography

The village is located on the Mlodat River (a left tributary of the Seym), 95 km from the

Russia–Ukraine border The Russia–Ukraine border is the international state border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Over land, the border outlines five oblasts (regions) of Ukraine and five oblasts of the Russian Federation. The modern border issue has be ...

, 14 km south-east of the district center – the town

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

. ; Climate Bolshoye Shumakovo has a warm-summer

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(''Dfb'' in the

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Transport

Bolshoye Shumakovo is located on the road of regional importance (Kursk – Bolshoye Shumakovo – Polevaya via Lebyazhye), in the vicinity of the railway halt ''Zaplava'' (railway line Klyukva — Belgorod). The rural locality is situated 14 km from

Kursk Vostochny Airport Kursk Vostochny Airport (russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) , also known as Khalino, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located 7 km east of Kursk. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles n ...

, 111 km from

Belgorod International Airport Belgorod International Airport (russian: Международный Аэропорт Белгород) is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services narrow-body airliners (such as the Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-204, I ...

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