Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai Explained

En Name:Kurya
Ru Name:Курья
Coordinates:51.6017°N 82.2894°W
Map Label Position:right
Federal Subject:Altai Krai
Adm District Jur:Kuryinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Type:Selsoviet
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Kuryinsky Selsoviet
Adm Selsoviet Jur Ref:[1]
Adm Ctr Of1:Kuryinsky District
Adm Ctr Of2:Kuryinsky Selsoviet
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Inhabloc Type:Selo
Mun Data As Of:March 2009
Mun District Jur:Kuryinsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Kuryinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Kuryinsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Kuryinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement
Pop 2010Census:3835
Date:August 2018

Kurya (Russian: Курья) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kuryinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population:

It is the place of birth of Mikhail Kalashnikov. In November 2013 a museum dedicated to him was opened in the town, in a century-old wooden school house where Kalashnikov used to study. Kalashnikov, who turned 94 years old at the time of the opening, said he was unable to attend the opening ceremony due to poor health (he died only the following month). Kalashnikov had donated numerous personal items to the museum, including an honorary professor's robe from Harvard University and a letter from late Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, who traveled to Russia in 2009 to personally congratulate Kalashnikov on his 90th birthday.[3]

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  1. Law #28-ZS
  2. Law #12-ZS
  3. Web site: Museum for AK-47 Inventor Opens in Siberia. RIA Novosti. 16 November 2013.