Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast

Zheleznogorsk
Железногорск
Lenina Street in Zheleznogorsk
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Zheleznogorsk
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Zheleznogorsk
Zheleznogorsk (Russia)
Coordinates: 52°20′N 35°22′E / 52.333°N 35.367°E / 52.333; 35.367
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast
Founded1957
Town status since1962
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 • Total
95,049
 • Estimate 
(2025)
94,959 (−0.1%)
 • Rank181st in 2010
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk
 • Capital ofZheleznogorsky District, town of oblast significance of Zheleznogorsk
 • Urban okrugZheleznogorsk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofZheleznogorsk Urban Okrug, Zheleznogorsky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code
307170–307179
OKTMO ID38705000001
Websiteferadmin.rkursk.ru

Zheleznogorsk (Russian: Железного́рск) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located 130 kilometers (81 mi) northwest of Kursk. Its population according to censuses taken in varying years is: 97,038 (2021 census); 95,049 (2010 census); 95,528 (2002 census); 85,192 (1989 Soviet census).