51°49′45″N 38°07′45″E / 51.82917°N 38.12917°E / 51.82917; 38.12917
Kastornoye (Russian : Кастóрное ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) and the administrative center of Kastorensky District of Kursk Oblast , Russia . Population: 3,461 (2021 Census ) ;[ 1] 3,848 (2010 Census ) ;[ 2] 4,492 (2002 Census ) ;[ 3] 4,562 (1989 Soviet census ) .[ 4] Telephone code: +7 47157; postal code: 306700.
It was first mentioned in 1590 and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1959.
At Kastornoye, 2 railway lines are crossing each other. The first one is the line Moscow – Yelets – Valuyki built in 1897, the second one is the line Kursk – Voronezh built in 1894. This gave the city a strategic importance, which led to 2 important battles during the 20th century around the city. The first one was the Voronezh–Kastornoye operation (1919) during the Russian Civil War . The second one was the Voronezh–Kastornoye operation (1943) during the Second World War.
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^ 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).
^ 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 .