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Sudzha
Sign in to saveSudzha (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Oleshnya rivers southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people. It is the natural gas exchange feeder where the Trans-Siberian pipeline meets the Brotherhood pipeline. The town was occupied by Ukrainian forces between August 15, 2024, and March 12, 2025, as a result of an incursion into the region.
Sudzha is a small Russian town in Kursk Oblast that serves as a major hub for natural gas distribution, where the Trans-Siberian and Brotherhood pipelines meet. The town gained international attention when Ukrainian forces occupied it from August 2024 to March 2025 during a military incursion into the region.
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Sudzha (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Oleshnya rivers southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people. It is the natural gas exchange feeder where the Trans-Siberian pipeline meets the Brotherhood pipeline. The town was occupied by Ukrainian forces between August 15, 2024, and March 12, 2025, as a result of an incursion into the region.
==History== thumb|left|Early-19th-century Holy Trinity Church In the Middle Ages, the territory formed part of the appanage principality of , which was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania before its final annexation by the Grand Principality of Moscow in the early modern period.
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