Prokhorovka, Russia
Прохоровка
Prokhorovka is a town of 10,136 people in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, founded in 1869.
Why visit Prokhorovka
Townapedia lists 19 museums and landmarks and 1 place to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Битва за оружие Великой победы and 122-мм пушка образца 1931/37 годов (А-19).
Weather in Prokhorovka
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About Prokhorovka
Prokhorovka (Russian: Про́хоровка, IPA: [ˈproxərəfkə]) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Prokhorovsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, along the Psyol River southeast of the city of Kursk. Population: 9,790 (2021 census); 9,761 (2010 census); 10,007 (2002 census); 8,093 (1989 Soviet census).
From the Wikipedia article Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Prokhorovka on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks19
122-мм пушка образца 1931/37 годов (А-19)
Monument and historic site · 1.6 km
45-мм противотанковая пушка образца 1937 года (53-К)
Monument and historic site · 1.6 km
57-мм противотанковая пушка образца 1941 года (ЗИС-2)
Monument and historic site · 1.6 km
76-мм дивизионная пушка образца 1942 года (ЗИС-3)
Monument and historic site · 1.6 km
Немецкая противотанковая пушка Pak 35/36
Monument and historic site · 1.5 km
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Немецкая противотанковая пушка Pak 97/38
Monument and historic site · 1.5 km
Музей боевой славы Третьего ратного поля России
Museum · 1.5 km
52 Парковая улица
7 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes1
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping3
History
The first mention of the populated area in historical documents dates back to the second half of the 17th century. Polish nobleman Kiril G. Ilyinsky and his son Sava left during the Russo-Polish war of 1654–1667 in Poland under the Belgorod, where they founded the suburb Elias. In 1860 Elias Sloboda was renamed in honor of the reigning Emperor Alexander II in the village of Alexandrov. In the 1880s west of the village passed a line of the Kursk-Kharkov-Azov railway. At the same time Prokhorovka station was built, named after the railway engineer V. I. Prokhorov responsible for its construction.
In the summer of 1943, Prokhorovka was the site of the Battle of Prokhorovka, a major armored confrontation during the Battle of Kursk of World War II. In July 2013, Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin offered to establish by 2015 a museum commemorating the battle. The display of armored vehicles will be permanent and the technologies shown there will bring up recollections of the events of World War II.
From the History section of Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Map of Prokhorovka
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Getting there and nearby towns
Belgorod International Airport (EGO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 45 km away.
- Pristen’ 23 km north, about 23 min by car
- Yakovlevo 28 km southwest, about 28 min by car
- Stroitel 33 km southwest, about 33 min by car
- Skorodnoye 35 km east, about 35 min by car
- Oboyan’ 37 km northwest, about 37 min by car
- Ivnya 41 km west, about 41 min by car
- Belgorod 49 km south, about 49 min by car
- Shebekino 71 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Staryy Oskol 83 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Kursk 86 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- В небе над Прохоровкой 18, Дмитрий Романенко (Dmitry Romanenko), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nordfrankreich, Soldaten mit Geschütz, Johannes Hähle, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Anti-tank gun 45mm m1937 parola 1, Source: Photo by me, User:Balcer ., CC BY 2.5
- ZiS3 nn, No machine-readable author provided. LostArtilleryman~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
- 122 mm gun (A-19) displayed at the Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol on Sapun Mountain, Cmapm, CC BY 3.0
- Zis2 nn, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 75mm m97-38 hameenlinna 1, Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5
- ГАЗ-ММ, Andshel, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Музей военной техники Оружие Победы, Краснодар (68), Yuriy75, Public domain
- Hanomag Typ Autobahn red vr, Stahlkocher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- SU-152, The original uploader was Megapixie at English Wikipedia ., Public domain
- ZIS 2 57 mm, Marko M, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ParkPatriot2015part6-39, Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pak36 helsinki 1, Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5
- 75mm m97-38 hameenlinna 2, Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5
- Hanomag 1,3 Liter (1939) Classic-Gala 2022 1X7A0022, Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0
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