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Kurganinsk (Russian: Курга́нинск) is a town and the administrative center of Kurganinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Bolshaya Laba River 248 kilometers (154 mi) east of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 47,970 (2010 Census); 46,618 (2002 Census); 40,763 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kurganinsk, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia
History
It was founded in 1855 as the stanitsa of Kurgannaya (Курга́нная) by the Cossacks. It was renamed and granted town status in 1961.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurganinsk serves as the administrative center of Kurganinsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Kurganinsky District as the Town of Kurganinsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Kurganinsk is incorporated within Kurganinsky Municipal District as Kurganinskoye Urban Settlement.