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Kursk (; pronunciation: ''koorsk'') is a city in Central Russia , the administrative center of Kursk Oblast . Its geographical location is . The population of the city was 412,442 in 2002 (according to the 2002 Population Census ). The city lies in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of Kura and Seym rivers. It is known that a Slavic fortified settlement existed there at least since 8th Century CE , and other settlements since 4 – 5th Century BCE . The first written record of Kursk is dated 1032 . It was mentioned as one of Severia n towns by Prince Igor in '' The Tale Of Igor's Campaign '': "As to my Kurskers, they are famous knights—swaddled under war-horns, nursed under helmets, fed from the point of the lance; to them the trails are familiar, to them the ravines are known, the bows they have are strung tight, the quivers, unclosed, the sabers, sharpened; themselves, like gray wolves, they lope in the field, seeking for themselves honor, and for their prince glory." The city was raided by the Polovtsi ans in 12th and 13th Centuries . Batu Khan destroyed the city around 1237 . The city was rebuilt by no later than 1283 . Kursk joined the Centralized Russian State in 1508 becoming the southern border province of the state. monastery founded in 1597 depicted on a Russian Ruble coin]] The area is famous for rich deposits of Iron Ore . It is one of the major Railroad hubs in the Russian Southwest. The city is a home for several universities: Medical University, University of Technology, State University (former Pedagogue University) and Agricultural Academy. The village of Prokhorovka near Kursk was the center of the Battle Of Kursk during the World War II . TWINNING SEE ALSO
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