Blizhny, Kursk Oblast

Blizhny (Ближний) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Nizhnereutchansky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Medvensky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Geography
The khutor is located on the Reut River (a left tributary of the Seym), 60 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 37 km south-west of Kursk, 4.5 km south-west of the district center – the urban-type settlement Medvenka, 4 km from the selsoviet center – Nizhny Reutets.

Blizhny has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
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Transport
Blizhny is located 4 km from the federal route Crimea Highway (a part of the European route ), 2.5 km from the road of intermunicipal significance  (M2 "Crimea Highway" – Gakhovo), 30.5 km from the nearest railway halt 457 km (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).

The rural locality is situated 44 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 86 km from Belgorod International Airport and 223 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.