Peshchery, Kursk Oblast
Rural locality in Kursk Oblast, Russia
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Peshchery (Russian: Пещеры) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Verkhnekhotemlsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Fatezhsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population as of 2010 is 9.[6]
Peshchery
Пещеры | |
|---|---|
Khutor[1] | |
 Interactive map of Peshchery | |
  Peshchery Location of Peshchery  Peshchery Peshchery (Kursk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′51″N 35°53′29″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kursk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Fatezhsky District[1] |
| SelsovietSelsoviet | Verkhnekhotemlsky |
| Population | |
• Total | 9 |
• Estimate (2010) | 9 (0%) |
| • Municipal district | Fatezhsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Rural settlement | Verkhnekhotemlsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| Postal code[5] | 307115 |
| Dialing code | +7 47144 |
| OKTMO ID | 38644420156 |
| Website | моверхнехотемльский |
Geography
The khutor is located on the Umsky Brook in the basin of the Svapa, 101 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 34.5 km north-west of Kursk, 10 km south of the district center – the town Fatezh, 1.5 km from the selsoviet center – Verkhny Khoteml.[7]
Climate
Peshchery has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Transport
Peshchery is located 1.5 km from the federal route M-2 Crimea Highway as part of the European route E105, 11 km from the road of regional importance 38K-038 (Fatezh – Dmitriyev), 27.5 km from the road 38K-018 (Kursk – Ponyri), 4.5 km from the road 38K-039 (Fatezh – 38K-018), 2 km from the road of intermunicipal significance 38H-181 (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Verkhny Khoteml),[8] 31 km from the nearest railway halt 521 km[9] (railway line Oryol – Kursk).
The rural locality is situated 38 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 157 km from Belgorod International Airport and 231 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.
