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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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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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