Kursk: All Data
Kursk is a city in Russia (with Crimea). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Kursk: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1200 AD
Capital of Kursk Principality
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Kursk, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: South Russia 1919 campaign
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Barbarossa
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1943 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kursk, part of Battle of Kursk
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the oblast of Kurskaya Oblast’, part of Russian Federation