Kursk

[koorsk, 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

In the television report about military drills at the school in Kursk this fall, serviceman-turned-teacher Andrey Apurin said he had his work cut out to bring the pupils up to scratch.

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In the western Kursk region, "a fire broke out at one of the power plants in the village of Korenevo," cutting power to 10 localities, Governor Alexander Khinshtein announced on Telegram.

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Earlier this year, Ukrainian forces continued to hold hundreds of square miles in Russia’s Kursk region, even as Moscow began to cut off their logistics.

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The Russian delegation to the parade included the acting governor of Kursk, the Russian region where North Korean troops helped drive out Ukrainian forces.

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He's previously fought in the Russian border region of Kursk as part of a Ukrainian offensive.

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