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Oboyan
Sign in to saveOboyan () is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Oboyan
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Обоянь
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Oboyan Square.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Main square in Oboyan
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Oboyan'.png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Kursk Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Oboyansky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Oboyan
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town of district significance
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Oboyansky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- town of district significance of Oboyan
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Oboyansky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Oboyan Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Oboyansky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Oboyan Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 13565
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 11671
- Area
- 11
- Elevation
- 180
- Official website
- www.oboyan.org
- Image
- Oboyan Square.jpg
- Dialing code
- 47141
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- Commons category
- Oboyan
- inception
- 1650-00-00
- postal code
- 306230
- native label
- Обоянь
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Oboyan () is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== It was founded in 1639 as a fortress on the southern borders of the Russian state. It was granted town status in 1779. During World War I, Oboyan was occupied by German troops on April 17–19, 1918. During the Russian Civil War, Oboyan was controlled by the troops of General Denikin on August 17–30, 1918 and from September 13, 1918 to November 26, 1919. During World War II, Oboyan was occupied by German troops from November 16, 1941 to February 18, 1943.
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