Imeni Karla Libknekhta (
Russian : имени Карла Либкнехта ) is an
urban locality (a
work settlement ) in
Kurchatovsky District of
Kursk Oblast ,
Russia , located on the left bank of the
Seym River . Population: 7,969 (
2021 Census ) ;
[1] 7,682 (
2010 Russian census ) ;
[2] 8,216 (
2002 Census ) ;
[3] 9,833 (
1989 Soviet census ) .
[4]
History
Karl Liebknecht , after whom the settlement is named
The village of Peny (Пены ) was settled four hundred years ago on the banks of the Penk River. In 1930, it was granted urban-type settlement status and named after
Karl Liebknecht , a German Communist.
Economy
There is a sugar mill, a machine-building factory, a railway station and an important railway line linking
Kursk with
Ukraine .
References
^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service.
Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian).
Federal State Statistics Service .
^ 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 .
^
Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004).
Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS) . Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
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Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly .
This article includes content derived from the
Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 1969–1978, which is partially in the
public domain .
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