Iskra () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Shchetinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:
Geography The settlement is located on the Tuskar River (a right tributary of the Seym), 98 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, at the northern border of the district center – the town Kursk, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center – Shchetinka.
Streets There are the following streets in the locality: Dorozhnaya, Pervomayskaya and Shkolnaya (72 houses).
Climate Iskra has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Transport Iskra is located 4.5 km from the federal route Crimea Highway (a part of the European route ), on the roads of intermunicipal significance (Kursk – Iskra) and (38N-379 – Shuklinka), 3.5 km from the railway junction 530 km (railway line Oryol – Kursk).
The rural locality is situated 9.5 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 131 km from Belgorod International Airport and 209 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.
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