'village') in Kosteltsevsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Kurchatovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Population: 70 (2010 Census);[2] 129 (2002 Census);[6] The village is located on the Prutishche River in the basin of the Seym, 79 km (49 mi) from the Russia–Ukraine border, 39 km (24 mi) north-west of Kursk, 22.5 km (14.0 mi) north of the district center – the town Kurchatov, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) from the selsoviet center – Kosteltsevo.

Shirkovo is located 23 km from the federal route M-2 Crimea Highway, 22 km from the road of regional importance 38K-017 (Kursk – Lgov – Rylsk – border with Ukraine), 20.5 km from the road 38K-023 (Lgov – Konyshyovka), on the road of intermunicipal significance 38H-362 (38K-017 – Nikolayevka – Shirkovo),[8] 22 km from the nearest railway halt Kurchatow[9] (railway line Lgov I — Kursk).

The rural locality is 44 km (27 mi) from Kursk Vostochny Airport, 148 km (92 mi) from Belgorod International Airport and 245 km (152 mi) from Voronezh Peter the Great Airport.

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