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Definition of Kursk
1. Noun. A city of southwestern Russia.
Definition of Kursk
1. Proper noun. A city in Russia; the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia; scene of a major World War II battle between Soviet and German forces in 1943. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kursk
Literary usage of Kursk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russia, Travels and Studies by Annette M. B. Meakin (1906)
"A provincial town—The Black-Earth district—Origin of kursk—Theodosius ...
Villages round kursk compared to Kaffir settlements—Peasant life in the ..."
2. Optimising Russian Natural Gas: Reform And Climate Policy by Isabel Murray, Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, International Energy Agency (2006)
"... Source: kursk methane emission reduction options, 2005; IEA estimates.
Two gas-saving options clearly stand out: 10 Option 8 (to replace gate valves and ..."
3. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1828)
"Government of kursk. absence of luxury, and the simple and frugal habits of the
... The difference in the climate and productions of kursk is very obvious. ..."
4. The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in Europe and the by William Pembroke Fetridge (1874)
"kursk, 325 miles south of Moscow, is situated on the River ... Several large
fairs are held at and near kursk annually for the sale of grain, tallow, hemp, ..."
5. Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland: Including the Crimea by Thomas Michell (1888)
"Records attest the existence of kursk in 1032, and in 1095 the town is ...
From its foundation to the Tartar conquest, kursk passed from the Princes of ..."
6. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"FROM MOSCOW TO THE CASPIAN. Railway dangers ahead; Pleasant fellow-passengers,
and offers of hospitality,.—Arrival at kursk ; Arrival and enforced stoppage ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The government is divided into fifteen districts—kursk, ... The kursk district
contains more than sixty old town sites; ..."
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