Maloye Zhirovo

Maloye Zhirovo (Малое Жирово) is a rural locality (деревня) in Bolshezhirovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Fatezhsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population as of 2010 is 32.

Geography
The village is located on the Bolshaya Kuritsa River (a right tributary of the Seym River), 102 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 27 km north-west of Kursk, 18 km south-east of the district center – the town Fatezh, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center – Bolshoye Zhirovo.

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

Transport
Maloye Zhirovo is located 2.5 km from the federal route Crimea Highway as part of the European route E105, 18 km from the road of regional importance  (Kursk – Ponyri), 5.5 km from the road  (Fatezh – 38K-018), 2.5 km from the road of intermunicipal significance  (Bolshoye Zhirovo – Skripeyevka – Kutasovka), 21.5 km from the nearest railway halt 517 km (railway line Oryol – Kursk).

The rural locality is situated 29 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 150 km from Belgorod International Airport and 221 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.