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Kursk ( Russian : Курск ; IPA: [ˈkursk] ) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast , Russia , located at the confluence of the Kur , Tuskar , and Seym Rivers . The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet – German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history . Population: 415,159 ( 2010 Census ) ; 412,442 ( 2002 Census ) ; 424,239 ( 1989 Census ) .
Archaeology indicates that the site of Kursk was settled in the 5th or 4th century BCE. The settlement was fortified and included Slavs at least as early as the 8th century CE.
The first written record of Kursk is dated 1032. It was mentioned as one of Severian towns by Prince Igor in The Tale of Igor's Campaign : " Saddle, brother, your swift steeds. As to mine, they are ready, saddled ahead, near Kursk; as to my Kurskers, they are famous knights—swaddled under war-horns, nursed under helmets, fed from the point of the lance; to them the trails are familiar, to them the ravines are known, the bows they have are strung tight, the quivers, unclosed, the sabers, sharpened; themselve