Gorshechnoye Explained

En Name:

Gorshechnoye

Ru Name:

Горшечное

Map Label Position:

bottom

Federal Subject:

Kursk Oblast

Adm District Jur:

Gorshechensky District

Inhabloc Cat:

Urban-type settlement

Pop 2010Census:

6137

Module:

Wikidata:	yes
Zoom:	12
Marker:	village

Gorshechnoye (ru|Горшечное) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gorshechensky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

History

On 25 January 1943, the settlement (then under German occupation) was recaptured by the Soviet 40th Army, enabling the continuation of Soviet operations towards Stary Oskol.^[1]

Notes and References

Book: Wegner, Bernd . Der Globale Krieg: Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative, 1941–1943 . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt . 1990 . 3421062331 . Boog, Horst . Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg . 6 . Stuttgart . 761–1102 (1070) . Der Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1942/43 . et al..