Iskra, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast

Iskra (Искра) 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.

There are the following streets in the locality: Dorozhnaya, Pervomayskaya and Shkolnaya (72 houses).
 * Streets

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

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.