Selektsionny (russian: links=no, Селекционный) is a rural locality (a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

) and the administrative center of Selektsionny Selsoviet Rural Settlement,

Lgovsky District Lgovsky District (russian: Льго́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast. ...

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. Population:

Geography

The settlement is located 45 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 72 km south-west of

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 ...

, 6.5 km south-west of the district center – the town Lgov. ; Climate Selektsionny 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

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

Transport

Selektsionny is located on the road of regional importance (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

), on the road of intermunicipal significance (38K-017 – Fitizh), 2.5 km from the nearest railway halt ''387 km'' (railway line 322 km – Lgov I). The rural locality is situated 78.5 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 ...

, 147 km from Belgorod International Airport and 282 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

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* * Rural localities in Lgovsky District {{Lgovsky-geo-stub