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Vesyoloye, Kursk Oblast

Coordinates: 51°17′N 34°37′E / 51.283°N 34.617°E / 51.283; 34.617
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Vesyoloye
Весёлое
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Vesyoloye is located in Kursk Oblast
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Vesyoloye is located in Russia
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Vesyoloye (Russia)
Coordinates: 51°17′N 34°37′E / 51.283°N 34.617°E / 51.283; 34.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast
Administrative districtGlushkovsky District
SelsovietVesyoloye
Population
 • Total
757
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[2])
Postal code(s)[3]
307452Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID38604412101

Vesyoloye (Russian: Весёлое) is a village in western Russia, in Glushkovsky District of Kursk Oblast.

Geography

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The village is located in the basin of the river Vedima (left tributary of the Seym), 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 124.00 kilometres (77.05 mi) southwest of Kursk, 8.00 kilometres (4.97 mi) southwest of the district centre — Glushkovo settlement.[4]

History

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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The settlement came under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in September 2024 as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[5] and was regained by Russian forces by the end of the same month.[6][7]

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. ^ "Отчет из ЕГРН: село Веселое" (in Russian). publichnaya-kadastrovaya-karta.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ Barros, George; Evans, Angelica; Harward, Christina; Bailey, Riley; Zehrung, Haley; Gasparyan, Davit (13 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 13, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 28 September 2024. Geolocated footage published on September 13 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced south of Veseloye (southwest of Gluskhovo and three kilometers from the international border).
  6. ^ Riley Bailey; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Haley Zehrung; Frederick W. Kagan (26 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 28 September 2024. A Russian milblogger claimed on September 25 that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian mechanized assault of an unspecified size in the direction of Veseloye (south of Glushkovo).
  7. ^ Davit Gasparyan; Christina Harward; Nicole Wolkov; Angelica Evans; Frederick W. Kagan (29 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 29, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 30 September 2024. Geolocated footage published on September 29 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced west and northwest of Veseloye (south of Glushkovo) and likely seized the northwestern part of the settlement. Russian milbloggers credited elements of the Russian 56th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (7th VDV Division) with repelling Ukrainian attacks near Veseloye.