Sudzha, Kursk Oblast

Sudzha (Russian Суджа ) is a small town in Kursk Oblast (Russia) with 6036 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city lies on the southern edge of the Central Russian plate about 100 km southwest of the Kursk Oblasthauptstadt at the same Sudzha, a right tributary of the opening into the Dnepr Psel.

Sudzha is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The town originated in the 17th century as a fortified trading settlement near the southern border of the former Russian Empire and was initially named after the river Sudschanskaja sloboda.

1664 a city charter was granted. After 1786 accounted for militärstregische importance of the place which afterwards remained significant local craft and trade center, however, came in the 20th century compared to other cities in the region behind.

During World War II Sudzha was occupied on 18 October 1941 by the German Wehrmacht and recaptured on March 3, 1943 by troops of the Voronezh Front Red Army during the Battle of Kharkov.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

In Suscha the Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь / Troitskaya Tserkov ), Church of the Assumption ( Вознесенская церковь / Wosnessenskaja Tserkov, 1811 ) and the Virgin Birth Church ( Рождественская церковь / Roschdestwenskaja Tserkov ) obtained from 1799 to 1828.

The city has a museum of local history.

In the nearby settlements Samostje and Saoleschenka Five -domed churches from the 19th century. Im 15 kilometers south village Gujewo (also Guiwa ) is an unfinished palace with farm buildings and surrounding park of Prince Dolgoruky.

Economy and infrastructure

In Sudzha there is a supplier for the tractor business as well as companies in the food industry and building materials industry.

The city lies on the opened on this section 1911 railway Bryansk Lgow -Kharkiv.

By Sudzha the regional road R200 from Djakonowo leads ( Kursk ) to the Ukrainian border and on to Sumy.