Kursk (Russian: Курск; Russian pronunciation:) is a city in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers.
Kursk Oblast (Russian: Ку́рская о́бласть, Kurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk.
On Saturday, August 12, the giant Russian nuclear submarine Kursk -- carrying a crew of 118 -- sank in the icy waters of the Barents Sea after what Russian officials described as a ...