Kursk

[ koo rsk; Russian koorsk ]

/ kʊərsk; Russian kursk /

noun

a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.

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Example sentences from the Web for kursk

Kursk lies 315 miles south of Moscow and straddles the main Moscow-Rostov railway line.
WWII’s Greatest Battle: How Kursk Changed the War|Andrew Roberts|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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.
Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy|Sophie Andreevna Tolstoy
The Kursk district contains more than sixty old town sites; and barrows or burial mounds (kurgans) are extremely abundant.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various
It would be better if it happened not in Kharkoff or in Kursk, but here, in nature's lap.
Uncle Vanya|Anton Checkov

A layer of fertile loess covers the whole surface, and Kursk belongs almost entirely to the black-earth region.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various
I have also read a fine description of a ball given by a landowner of Kursk.
The Mantle and Other Stories|Nicholas Gogol

British Dictionary definitions for kursk

Kursk

/ (Russian kursk) /

noun

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

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