Fatezh is a town and the administrative center of Fatezhsky District

Fatezhsky District

Fatezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the 28 in Kursk Oblast, Russia....

 of Kursk Oblast

Kursk Oblast

Kursk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kursk.-Geography:The oblast occupies the southern slopes of the middle-Russian plateau, and its average elevation is from 177 to 225 meters . The surface is hilly, and intersected by ravines...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Usozha River 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Kursk

Kursk

Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

. Population: 4,959 (1897).

Fatezh was founded as a village in the 17th century and granted town status in 1779. The town took its name from a local stream; the etymology is uncertain, but it may be based on the given names Foty or Iosafat in diminutive form (place names in -ezh are common in the region).

Fatezh is the birthplace of composer Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Sviridov

Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov was a Soviet Russian neoromantic composer....

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