Snagost, Kursk Oblast

Village in Kursk Oblast, Russia

Founded1707^[1]

Elevation

143 m (469 ft)

^[3])

Snagost Снагость
Village
House in Snagost in 1910
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Coordinates: 51°18′58″N 34°53′26″E / 51.3162°N 34.8906°E / 51.3162; 34.8906
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kursk Oblast
Administrative district	Korenevsky District
Selsoviet	Snagost
Founded	1707^[1]
Elevation	143 m (469 ft)
Population (2010 Census)^[2]
• Total	494
• Estimate (2010)	494 (0%)
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK ^[3])
Postal code^[4]	307431
OKTMO ID	38618444101

Snagost (Russian: Снагость) is a village in Korenevsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative centre of Snagost village council.

The village is located on the right bank of the Snagost River opposite the confluence of the Muzhitsa and Blyakhovets rivers. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 102 kilometres (63 mi) southwest of Kursk, 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) south of the district centre — urban-type settlement Korenevo. The absolute height is 143 metres above sea level.

History

Snagost was founded in 1707 by Ivan Mazepa.^[1]

In the late 19th century, it hosted two small annual fairs and a weekly market.^[5]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The settlement came under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2024 as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Russian forces recaptured the settlement some time between 10 and 13 September 2024, during a Russian counterattack.^[10]^[11]

References

1 2 Плохинский М. (1892). Гетман Мазепа в роли великорусского помещика. Vol. 4 (Сборник Харьковского историко-филологического общества ed.). Харьков. p. 32.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ 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.
↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X (in Polish). Warszawa. 1889. p. 927.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ Karolina Hird; Christina Harward; Nicole Wolkov; Angelica Evans; Davit Gasparyan; George Barros (20 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 20, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 21 August 2024. Geolocated footage published on August 20 showing Ukrainian forces towing a captured Russian T-90M tank along the Snagost-Liubimivka road (southeast of Koreveno and 8km from the international border) indicates that Ukrainian forces continue operating well within the maximalist claimed limit of Ukrainian advances in Kursk Oblast.
↑ Olena, Ivashkiv (19 August 2024). "DeepState confirms Ukraine captured 2 more settlements in Russia's Kursk Oblast". Ukrainska Pravda. Ukraine's defence forces have captured Apanasovka, Snagost and Otruba and advanced into Olgovka in Russia's Kursk Oblast on 18 August.
↑ Riley Bailey; Davit Gasparyan; Christina Harward; Grace Mappes; George Barros (30 August 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 31 August 2024. Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted assaults southwest of Korenevo near Snagost and Krasnooktyabrskoye; near Korenevo itself; east of Korenevo near Kremyanoye; north of Sudzha near Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Kamyshevka, and Kireyevka; northeast of Sudzha near Martynovka; and southeast of Sudzha near Borki on August 30.
↑ Nicole Wolkov; Grace Mappes; Angelica Evans; Haley Zehrung; Karolina Hird (10 September 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 11 September 2024. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and other Russian sources claimed that fighting continued near Korenevo; southwest of Korenevo near Apanasovka and Snagost; [...].
↑ "Russia claims start of fightback in Kursk region". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
↑ "Ukrainian forces seize several settlements in Russia's Kursk Oblast but lose some as well – DeepState analysts". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

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