Snagost () is a village in

Korenevsky District Korenevsky 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 southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative ...

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. It is the administrative centre of Snagost village council.

Geography

The village is located on the right bank of the Snagost River opposite the confluence of the Muzhitsa and Blyakhovets rivers. It is located from the Russian-Ukrainian border, southwest 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 ...

, south of the district centre —

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Korenevo. The absolute height is 143

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History

Snagost was founded in 1707 by

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. In the late 19th century, it hosted two small annual

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s and a weekly market.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The settlement came under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2024 as part of the

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of the

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. Russian forces recaptured the settlement some time between 10 and 13 September 2024, during a Russian counterattack.

References

Populated places established in 1707 Populated places in Kursk Oblast {{KurskOblast-geo-stub