Imeni Karla Libknekhta, Kursk Oblast

Imeni Karla Libknekhta (имени Карла Либкнехта) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Kurchatovsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Seym River. Population:

History


The village of Peny (Пены) was settled four hundred years ago on the banks of the Penk River. In 1930, it was granted urban-type settlement status and named after Karl Liebknecht, a German Communist.

Economy
There is a sugar mill, a machine-building factory, a railway station and an important railway line linking Kursk with Ukraine.