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Prokhorovka is an urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement is an official designation for a certain type of urban localities used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union....
 in Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast

Belgorod Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,511,620...
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, located along the Psyol River southwest of the city of Kursk
Kursk

Kursk is a city in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of the Kur River , Tuskar River, and Seym River rivers. It is the administrative center of Kursk Oblast....
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Prokhorovkamonument
Prokhorovka Cathedral
Prokhorovka is an urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement is an official designation for a certain type of urban localities used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union....
 in Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast

Belgorod Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,511,620...
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, located along the Psyol River southwest of the city of Kursk
Kursk

Kursk is a city in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of the Kur River , Tuskar River, and Seym River rivers. It is the administrative center of Kursk Oblast....
. Prokhorovka was the site of the Battle of Prokhorovka
Battle of Prokhorovka

The Battle of Prokhorovka was a battle fought by the Germany Wehrmachts Fourth Panzer Army and the Soviet Union Red Army's 5th Guards Tank Army on the Eastern Front during the Second World War....
, a major armoured confrontation during the Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk refers to Nazi Germany and Soviet Union operations on the Eastern Front of World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk in July and August 1943....
 of the Great Patriotic War.

Population: 10,007 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
); 8,093 (1989 Census
Soviet Census (1989)

The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive Soviet Census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics....
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