Kursk is the capital of Kursk region, Western European Russia, at the confluence of the Tuskor and Seim rivers. The population of Kursk is 424,000. Kursk was founded in 1095. The Kursk province existed between 1797 and 1928. In the years of 1708-1727 it was a part of the Kiev province and in 1727-1779 of the Belgorod province. For centuries Kursk served as a borderland. Before Golden Horde it protected the Chernigov princedom against attacks of nomads. From the end of XIV till the end of XV centuries it was a part of the Lithuanian princedom. Later it returned to Russia. In 1991 the oblast again became marginal after disintegration of the USSR. For three centuries Kursk land has been a remote place, a part of the historical centre of the country. Now it should get accustomed to be a borderland again. Every nation has its own history, heroes and memory. Ancient Kursk land is a part of the glorious history of the Russians. This land cannot be confused with any other. It does not amaze tourists by its ancient monuments, architecture or anything else. But anyone who visited this land would respect such glorious cities at the bank of the river Tuskati and Seim as Kursk, Rylsk, Lgov, Sudzha, Oboyan for their former and present merits in the course of the great history of our Motherland. Populated with gifted people, Kursk land by right is considered an important link in development of the Russian state.