Ponura (Russian: Понура) is a rural locality (a khutor) in Ivanchikovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Lgovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Population: 9 (2010 Census);[2] 8 (2002 Census);[6] The khutor is located on the Kotlevka River at its confluence with the Vablya River (in the basin of the Seym), 64 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 58 km north-west of Kursk, 14 km north-east of the district center – the town Lgov, 3.5 km from the selsoviet center – Ivanchikovo.

Ponura is located 18 km from the road of regional importance 38K-017 (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine) as part of the European route E38, 8 km from the road 38K-023 (Lgov – Konyshyovka), 14 km from the road of intermunicipal significance 38H-362 (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo), 2 km from the road 38H-437 (38K-023 – Olshanka – Marmyzhi – 38N-362),[8] 4 km from the nearest railway halt 565 km[9] (railway line Navlya – Lgov-Kiyevsky).

The rural locality is situated 64 km from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 152 km from Belgorod International Airport and 266 km from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

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