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]