Kurchatovsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

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), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Kurchatov (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 19,714 ( 2002 Census);

Geography

Kurchatovsky District is located in the west central region of Kursk Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the

Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also: Middle Russian Upland () and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern porti ...

. The main river in the district is the

Seym River The Seym or Seim (; ) is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is long (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna (river), Desna. Places on the river include Kursk, Kurchatov, Rus ...

. The district surrounds the city of Kurchatov, and is 25 km west of the city of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

and 460 km southwest of

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The area measures 50 km (north-south), and 20 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of

Kurchatov, Russia Kurchatov () is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River west of Kursk. Population: History Kurchatov was founded in 1968 due to the construction of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and granted town status in 1983. It was named ...

The district is bordered on the north by Konyshyovsky District, on the east by Oktyabrsky District, on the south by

Bolshesoldatsky District Bolshesoldatsky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative ...

, and on the west by

Lgovsky District Lgovsky District () 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. The area of the district is . Its administ ...

. The Battles in 1941 and twice in 1943 were fought fiercely in that area and too many lives were lost. It was also part of the 1939-1941 Katyn Forest Abductions and also of the Massacres of Poles and Jews - all of them Males - on and from streets- some of them were Loyal Communists supporting the USSR.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurchatovsky District is one of the twenty-eight in the oblast. The town of Kurchatov serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurchatovsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Kurchatov is incorporated separately from the district as Kurchatov Urban Okrug.

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External links

Kurchatovsky District on Google MapsKurchatovsky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Authority control __NOTOC__ Districts of Kursk Oblast