Kursk

[ koorsk; Russian koorsk ]

noun

1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.

Kursk

/ kursk /

noun

1. a city in W Russia: industrial centre of an agricultural region: scene of a major Soviet victory (1943). Pop: 410 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Kursk lies 315 miles south of Moscow and straddles the main Moscow-Rostov railway line.

From The Daily Beast

A layer of fertile loess covers the whole surface, and Kursk belongs almost entirely to the black-earth region.

From Project Gutenberg

The Kursk district contains more than sixty old town sites; and barrows or burial mounds (kurgans) are extremely abundant.

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Fortunately, on the seventh day, when they reached Kursk, the sky suddenly clouded over and stormy weather set in.

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I have also read a fine description of a ball given by a landowner of Kursk.

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One of the intimates had informed the press that on such and such a day at a certain hour Tolstoy would be at the Kursk Station.

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