Kurshab

Kurshab
Куршаб
Kurshab is located in Kyrgyzstan
Kurshab
Kurshab
Coordinates: 40°41′30″N 73°11′20″E / 40.69167°N 73.18889°E / 40.69167; 73.18889
CountryKyrgyzstan
RegionOsh
DistrictÖzgön
Pokrovskoye1893
Population
 (2021)
 • Total20,471
Time zoneUTC+6

Kurshab (established as Pokrovskoye, before 2004: Leninskoye)[1] is a large village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Özgön District.[2] Its population was 20,471 in 2021.[3] It is situated near the river Kurshab, between the cities Osh and Özgön.

The settlement was established as Pokrovskoye by settlers from majorly Kiev Governorate of Russian Empire in 1893. By 1900s Pokrovskoye amounted to 186 households.[4]

  1. ^ Law 19 March 2004 No. 36
  2. ^ "Classification system of territorial units of the Kyrgyz Republic" (in Kyrgyz). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. May 2021. pp. 59–62.
  3. ^ "Population of regions, districts, towns, urban-type settlements, rural communities and villages of Kyrgyz Republic" (XLS) (in Russian). National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ Brusina, Olga (2001). Славяне в Средней Азии: Этнические и социальные процессы. Конец XIX - конец XX века [The Slavs in Central Asia: Ethnic and Social Processes. The End of 19th to End of the 20th Century] (in Russian). Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura. ISBN 5-02-018050-5.