Kursk Oblast Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Kursk Oblast
Although Kursk Oblast is most famously associated with the Battle of Kursk — the biggest tank battle in history — the heart of the battle actually took place to the south ofKursk, nearProkhorovka,Belgorod Oblast. Kursk Oblast is a major center for iron ore mining in Russia, and one of its most unusual features is the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. The Kursk Magnetic Anomaly is the world's largest such anomaly (a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks).
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