En Name: | Kushchyovskaya |
Ru Name: | Кущёвская |
Coordinates: | 46.5667°N 78°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Flag Caption: | Flag of Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kuschevskoe (Krasnodar krai).png |
Coa Caption: | Coat of arms of Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement |
Federal Subject: | Krasnodar Krai |
Adm District Jur: | Kushchyovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Kushchyovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Stanitsa |
Mun District Jur: | Kushchyovsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Kushchyovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Kushchyovskoye Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 28362 |
Established Date: | 1794 |
Current Cat Date: | 1842 |
Postal Codes: | 352030–352033, 352037 |
Kushchyovskaya population | |
Bodystyle: | width:23.5em |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 28,362 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 29,533 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 26,300 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 24,627 |
Kushchyovskaya (Russian: Кущёвская) is a rural locality (a stanitsa) and the administrative center of Kushchyovsky District in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 28,362. Kushchyovskaya (air base) is near to the town.
It was established in 1794 and reclassified as a stanitsa in 1842.[2] The settlement came to national attention in 2010 as the site of the Kushchyovskaya massacre.