Lgov

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Lgov (Russian: Льгов) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Seym River (Desna's tributary) some 80 km west of Kursk. Population: 22,900 (2005 est.); 23,783 (2002 Census); 26,000 (1972).

The town of Lgov was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1152 under the name of Olgov (a possessive adjective from an old Russian name Olg, or Oleg). Lgov was razed to the ground by the Mongols. In 1669, they founded the Lgov Monastery on the spot of the former town, which would be closed down in 1764. The monastic sloboda was transformed into the town of Lgov in 1779.

Poet Nikolai Aseyev and writer Arkady Gaidar were both born in Lgov.

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Unofficial website of Lgov (English) (Russian)

	Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast
	Administrative center: Kursk Dmitriyev-Lgovsky \| Fatezh \| Kurchatov \| Lgov \| Oboyan \| Rylsk \| Shchigry \| Sudzha \| Zheleznogorsk