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Khitrovka, Kursk Oblast

Coordinates: 51°25′N 35°17′E / 51.417°N 35.283°E / 51.417; 35.283
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Khitrovka
Хитровка
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Khitrovka is located in Kursk Oblast
Khitrovka
Khitrovka
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Khitrovka is located in Russia
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Khitrovka
Khitrovka (Russia)
Coordinates: 51°25′N 35°17′E / 51.417°N 35.283°E / 51.417; 35.283
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast
Administrative districtSudzhansky District
SelsovietPogrebki
Population
 • Total
139
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
307836Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID38640469161

Khitrovka (Russian: Хитровка) is a village in Sudzhansky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Geography

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The village is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) northeast from the Russian-Ukrainian border (Sumy Oblast in Ukraine), in the southwestern part of the Central Russian Upland, in the forest steppe zone, on the left bank of the Malaya Loknya River, at a distance of about 21 kilometres (13 mi) (in a straight line) northwest of the town of Sudzha, the administrative centre of the district. The absolute height is 175 metres above sea level.

History

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The settlement was affected by combat operations in September 2024 as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ Angelica Evans; Christina Harward; Davit Gasparyan; Riley Bailey (7 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 7, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 8 September 2024. Geolocated footage published September 6 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced to positions south of Khitrovka (north of Sudzha).