Interactive maps of hiking and biking routes around Kursk
1. You can zoom in/out using your mouse wheel, as well as move the map of Kursk with your mouse.2. This interactive map presents two modes: 'Biking Routes' and 'Hiking Routes'. Use the '+' button on the map to switch between them.
Railway and landscape maps of Kursk area
This Kursk map has two modes: 'Railway Network' and 'Landscape & Rural Map'. Use the '+' button on the map to navigate.City tours, excursions and tickets in Kursk and surroundings
Photogallery of Kursk sights
Our guide to Kursk
Kursk sightseeing
The city was located at the crossroads of trade routes, so trade flourished here too. Sedate life in the city was shadowed only by princes’ feuds. Besides, the main function of the city assigned by appanage princes was to protect the Russian land from the Cumans, the Pechenegs and the Khazars. However, when the Tatars came to these lands, Kursk had been under them for many centuries. Until the 14th century, … Open

Travel guide to Kursk
If you want to learn more about the history of the city and its cultural traditions, visit the Kursk Local History Museum. It was opened in 1903 at the initiative of governor N. N. Gordeev. It was decided to place the museum exhibits in old bishops’ chambers. Today, the museum houses the rich collection of ethnographic and archeological artifacts. Here, you can see old household items, pieces of art, and the … Open
