Kursk

Proper noun

Kursk

1. A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.
2. An oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia, established in 1934 from the bipartition of the Central Black Earth Oblast.
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3. An impact crater in Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, six kilometres in diameter, formed 330 to 170 million years ago.
4. A village, the administrative centre of Kursky selsoviet, Kulundinsky Raion, Altai Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia, founded in 1909.
5. A hamlet in Krasnoturansky Raion, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberian Federal District, Russia.
6. A hamlet in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1500 in Dmitry Kitayev’s Scribe book of the Votian fifth for the year 7008 A.M..
7. A settlement in Bolshevrudskoye rural settlement, Volosovsky Raion, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.