En Name: | Marshala Zhukova |
Ru Name: | Посёлок Маршала Жукова |
Coordinates: | 51.7133°N 36.3303°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Kursky District |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Selsoviet |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Klyukvinsky |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Kursky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [1] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Klyukvinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 4715 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Postal Codes: | 305502 |
Postal Codes Ref: | [2] [3] |
Dialing Codes: | 4712 |
Dialing Codes Ref: | [4] |
Website: | http://klukva.rkursk.ru |
Marshala Zhukova or Posyolok Marshala Zhukova (Russian: links=no|Маршала Жукова, Посёлок Маршала Жукова) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Klyukvinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:
The settlement is located 98 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 8 km east of the district center – the town Kursk, 1.5 km from the selsoviet center – Dolgoye.[5]
The settlement in honor of general Georgy Zhukov was established in 1994 in the place of a cleared forest. They were built by Turkish workers and the construction took about 6 months. The locality was intended for the Russian military units withdrawn from East Germany. There are 6 residential blocks and 160 houses. The architecture of the settlement seems rather monotonous: more than 150 identical 3-, 4- and 5-storey multidwellings. In the building of the "Officers' House" there is the St. George Orthodox Church.[6]
Marshala Zhukova is located 1 km from the federal route (Kursk – Voronezh – "Kaspy" Highway; a part of the European route), on the road of intermunicipal significance (R-298 – Durnevo),[7] 3.5 km from the nearest railway station Klyukva[8] (railway line Klyukva — Belgorod).
The rural locality is situated 5 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 118 km from Belgorod International Airport and 200 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.