Korenovsk

Korenovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Korenovsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Beysuzhyok Levy River (a tributary of the Beysug) northeast of Krasnodar. Population: 42,418 (2020),

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Korenovsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Кореновск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Krasnodar region Center Znak.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: A sign in Korenovsk marking the geographical center of Krasnodar Krai
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Korenovsk (Krasnodar krai).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Герб Кореновска.png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Krasnodar Krai
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Korenovsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Korenovsk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town

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History
Administrative and municipal status
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==History== It was founded in 1794 by Cossacks of the Black Sea Cossack Army as Korenovskoye (), called so to commemorate a kurin of the same name in the Zaporozhian Host. Since the end of the 19th century, it had been known as the stanitsa of Korenovskaya ().