Kursk

Kursk (Russian: Курск) is a city in Russia. It is the capital and the largest city of the Kursk Oblast. It is about 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of Moscow. Kursk is where a large tank battle happened in World War 2. Three thousand German tanks and five thousand Soviet tanks attacked each other. The Soviets won the battle.

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Administrative divisions of Kursk Oblast
Administrative center: Kursk • Rural localities
Districts	Belovsky Bolshesoldatsky Cheremisinovsky Dmitriyevsky Fatezhsky Glushkovsky Gorshechensky Kastorensky Khomutovsky Konyshyovsky Korenevsky Kurchatovsky Kursky Lgovsky Manturovsky Medvensky Oboyansky Oktyabrsky Ponyrovsky Pristensky Rylsky Shchigrovsky Solntsevsky Sovetsky Sudzhansky Timsky Zheleznogorsky Zolotukhinsky
Cities and towns	Dmitriyev Fatezh Kurchatov Kursk Lgov Oboyan Rylsk Shchigry Sudzha Zheleznogorsk
Urban-type settlements	Cheremisinovo Glushkovo Gorshechnoye Imeni Karla Libknekhta Ivanino Kastornoye Khomutovka Kirovsky Konyshyovka Korenevo Kshensky Magnitny Medvenka Novokastornoye Olymsky Ponyri Pristen Pryamitsyno Solntsevo Tim Tyotkino Zolotukhino