Chernozemye
Chernozem is the exceptionally fertile "Black Earth" belt in European Russia along the border with Ukraine, famous for its rich, deep, black soil. Its cities are best known to the English-speaking world for the vital importance they played as the principal battleground around the turning point of World War II, home to the massive tank battle of Kursk.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Voronezh
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Voronezh is a city in Voronezh Oblast, about 250 km from the Ukraine border, in the heart of Chernozemye.
Kursk
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Kursk is the capital of the Kursk Oblast in the Western part of Russia known as Chernozemye region.
Lipetsk
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Lipetsk, also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, 438 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
Destinations
Kursk Oblast
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Kursk Oblast is a region in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Ukraine to the west…
Voronezh Oblast
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Voronezh Oblast is in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Ukraine to the southwest…
Oryol Oblast
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Oryol Oblast is a region in the Chernozemye region, bordering Kursk Oblast to the southwest, Bryansk Oblast to the northwest, Kaluga Oblast to the north, Tula Oblast to the east, and Lipetsk Oblast to the southeast.
Lipetsk Oblast
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Lipetsk Oblast is a region in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Kursk Oblast to the southwest…
Bryansk Oblast
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Bryansk Oblast is a region in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Belarus to the west, Smolensk Oblast to the north, Kaluga Oblast to the northeast, Oryol Oblast to the east, Kursk Oblast to the southeast, and Ukraine to the south.
Tambov Oblast
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Tambov Oblast is a region in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Voronezh Oblast to the south, Lipetsk Oblast to the west, Ryazan Oblast to the north, Penza Oblast to the east, and Ulyanovsk Oblast to the southeast.
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast is a region in Russia's Chernozemye region, bordering Ukraine to the south and west, Kursk Oblast to the north, and Voronezh Oblast to the east.
Chernozemye
- Type: region
- Description: Soil region in Russia
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of centre
51.58° or 51° 34' 48" northLongitude of centre
37.21° or 37° 12' 36" eastWikidata ID
Q190350Chernozemye Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Belarusian: Цэнтральнае Чарназем’е
- Chinese: 中央黑土区
- Chinese: 中央黑土區
- Dutch: Chernozem
- Dutch: Regio Centrale Zwarte Aarde
- English: Central Black Earth Region
- French: Tchernoziomie
- German: Zentrale Schwarzerde-Region
- Hebrew: צ'רנוזמיה
- Hebrew: צ'רנוזמייה
- Italian: Regione della Terra Nera centrale
- Japanese: 中央黒土地域
- Japanese: 中央黒土地帯
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Den sentrale svartjordregionen
- Portuguese: Chernozemye
- Russian: Центрально-Чернозёмная область
- Russian: Центрально Черноземный регион
- Russian: Центральное Черноземье
- Slovenian: Centralna črnozemeljska regija
- Spanish: Region de tierras negras
- Spanish: Región de Chernozem Central
- Turkish: Merkez Kara Toprak Bölgesi
- Venetian: Rejon de ła Tera Nera sentrałe
- Černozem'e
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Chernozemye. Photo: Лобачев Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0.