After the great fire that devastated Kursk in 1781, it received a new master plan. According to the plan, the central position was given to a shopping arcade erected on the central square (known as the Red Square today). In 1768, a stone Elias Church...

The Kursk Archaeological Museum, fonded in 1992, is situated in a unique building dated by the XVIII century . The museum stock runs up to 50.000 obiects . Every summer 4 or 5 research expeditions are...