Iskra (Russian: Искра) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Shchetinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kursky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Population: 1,794 (2010 Census);[2] 1,359 (2002 Census);[8] The settlement is located on the Tuskar River (a right tributary of the Seym), 98 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, at the northern border of the district center – the town Kursk, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center – Shchetinka.

[9] There are the following streets in the locality: Dorozhnaya, Pervomayskaya and Shkolnaya (72 houses).

Iskra is located 4.5 km from the federal route M-2 Crimea Highway (a part of the European route E105), on the roads of intermunicipal significance 38H-379 (Kursk – Iskra) and 38H-386 (38N-379 – Shuklinka),[10] 3.5 km from the railway junction 530 km[11] (railway line Oryol – Kursk).

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