Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District, Kursk Oblast
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Ponyri Поныри |
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| Urban-type settlement | |
A square in Ponyri.
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 Ponyri
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| Coordinates: 52°18′49″N 36°18′09″E / 52.313520°N 36.302621°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Oblast | Kursk Oblast |
| District | Ponyrovski District |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,801 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 4,803 |
Coordinates: 52°19′00″N 36°18′00″E / 52.31667°N 36.30000°E
Ponyri is an urban-type settlement in the Ponyrovsky District of the Kursk Oblast. It has been famous for its apples, known as Antonovskiye Yabloki (English: Antonov's apples [variety]) In the Soviet era it largely consisted of two state farms (sovkhozi), Ponyri 1 and 2. In English-language publications it is sometimes referred to as Ponyri Station, due to its location on the railway between Oryol and Kursk.
Following the Nazi invasion, Ponyri was not under threat of occupation until late October, 1941, when the German XXXXVIII Motorized Corps pushed through against minimal resistance but while enduring minimal supplies and appalling weather on its way to Kursk.
Ponyri remained under German occupation until February, 1943. In the course of the Soviet winter counter-offensive on the southern half of the front, following their victory at Stalingrad, elements of Bryansk Front's 48th and 13th Armies liberated the settlement on February 9. The Soviet advance was brought to a halt in late February with the lines several kilometres north of Ponyri, and they began to dig in, at first as a matter of course, and then more seriously as a summer German offensive was anticipated.
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