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Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast

human settlement in Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ18779709 ↗
Source-derived summary

Karasevka (Russian: Карасевка) is a rural locality (Russian: деревня, lit. 'village') in Besedinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population: 202 (2010 census); 243 (2002 census);

Geography

The village is located on the Rat River (a right tributary of the Seym), 107 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 17 km east of the district center – the town Kursk, 2 km from the selsoviet center – Besedino.

Climate

Karasevka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Transport

Karasevka is located 1.5 km from the federal route P-298 (Kursk – Voronezh – P-22 "Kaspy" Highway; a part of the European route E38), on the roads of intermunicipal significance 38H-530 (Otreshkovo – Petrovskoye – Besedino) and 38H-814 (38N-530 – Karasevka), 8.5 km from the nearest railway station Otreshkovo (railway line Kursk – 146 km).

The rural locality is situated 17 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 118 km from Belgorod International Airport and 187 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

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Notes

Sources

Губернатор Курской области. Постановление №489 от 6 ноября 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области», в ред. Постановления №26-пг от 29 января 2013 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Постановление Губернатора Курской области от 06.11.2008 №489 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области"».

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast” is human settlement in Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Karasevka, Kursky and District, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2002, 2008, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Karasevka, Kursky and District is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “human settlement in Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18779709. Authority coordinates are 51.714, 36.519. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002, 2008 and 2013.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast primary sources, Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast archive and Karasevka research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Karasevka, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.