Shirkovo, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast

Shirkovo (Ширково) is a rural locality (деревня) in Kosteltsevsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Geography
The village is located on the Prutishche River in the basin of the Seym, 79 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 39 km north-west of Kursk, 22.5 km north of the district center – the town Kurchatov, 8.5 km from the selsoviet center – Kosteltsevo.

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

Transport
Shirkovo is located 23 km from the federal route Crimea Highway, 22 km from the road of regional importance  (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 20.5 km from the road  (Lgov – Konyshyovka), on the road of intermunicipal significance  (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), 22 km from the nearest railway halt Kurchatow (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).

The rural locality is 44 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 148 km from Belgorod International Airport and 245 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.