Imeni Karla Libknekhta, Kursk Oblast
Imeni Karla Libknekhta (Russian: имени Карла Либкнехта) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Kurchatovsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Seym River. Population: 7,969 (2021 Census); 7,682 (2010 Census); 8,216 (2002 Census); 9,833 (1989 Soviet census).
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Karl Liebknecht, after whom the settlement is named
History
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The village of Peny (Пены) was settled four hundred years ago on the banks of the Penk River. In 1930, it was granted urban-type settlement status and named after Karl Liebknecht, a German Communist.
Economy
There is a sugar mill, a machine-building factory, a railway station and an important railway line linking Kursk with Ukraine.
References
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.