Baraban, Kursk Oblast

Baraban (Барабан) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Platavsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Konyshyovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Geography
The khutor is located in the Platavka River basin (a left tributary of the Svapa River), 39.5 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 81 km west of Kursk, 21 km south-west of the district center – the urban-type settlement Konyshyovka, 9 km from the selsoviet center – Kashara.

Baraban has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
 * Climate

Transport
Baraban is located 40 km from the federal route Ukraine Highway, 66 km from the route  Crimea Highway, 34.5 km from the route  (Trosna – M3 highway), 34 km from the road of regional importance  (Fatezh – Dmitriyev), 20.5 km from the road  (Konyshyovka – Zhigayevo – 38K-038), 16 km from the road  (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 15 km from the road  (Lgov – Konyshyovka), 2 km from the road of intermunicipal significance  (Korobkino – summer camp), 17 km from the nearest railway halt Maritsa (railway line Navlya – Lgov-Kiyevsky).

The rural locality is situated 88 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 165 km from Belgorod International Airport and 291 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.