En Name: | Iskra |
Ru Name: | Искра |
Coordinates: | 51.8164°N 36.1944°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Kursky District |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Selsoviet |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Shchetinsky |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Settlement |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2014 |
Mun District Jur: | Kursky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Shchetinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 1794 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Postal Codes: | 305514 |
Postal Codes Ref: | [2] [3] |
Dialing Codes: | 4712 |
Dialing Codes Ref: | [4] |
Website: | http://shetin.rkursk.ru |
Date: | February 2022 |
Iskra (ru|links=no|Искра) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Shchetinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:
The settlement is located on the Tuskar River (a right tributary of the Seym), 98 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, at the northern border of the district center – the town Kursk, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center – Shchetinka.[5]
Iskra is located 4.5 km from the federal route Crimea Highway (a part of the European route), on the roads of intermunicipal significance (Kursk – Iskra) and (38N-379 – Shuklinka),[6] 3.5 km from the railway junction 530 km[7] (railway line Oryol – Kursk).
The rural locality is situated 9.5 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 131 km from Belgorod International Airport and 209 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.