transport conductors with handheld validators, the second stage involves the installation of stationary validators, third - commissioning turnstiles. After completion of the implementation, the automated monitoring system drive will operate in "closed" mode : turnstiles will be installed at the entrance and exit of passengers. As of September 2011 turnstiles installed on 44 buses, 10 trolley buses and trams 5. Culture and sports Kursk State University is home to the Russian Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of conductor and trumpet soloist Sergey Proskurin. The orchestra performs regularly, tours internationally and has produced multiple CDs. Pushkin Theater located in the center of the city. It has permanent company as well as visiting shows. In 2016, the Russian Women's Hockey League expanded to Kursk, with new club Dynamo Kursk. The band Little Tragedies are originally from Kursk. Media Kursk hams since 1935 could receive television broadcasts from Moscow. In 1960, the Committee on Radio and Television was created by the Kursk Oblast Executive Committee. The first transmission of local television aired January 14, 1961. Main fixed line and cellular operators are active in the city. Climate Honors A minor planet 3073 Kursk discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1979 is named after the city. The Russian submarine Kursk was named after the city. Notable people Georgy Sviridov, composer Valery Chaplygin, Olympic champion, cyclist Alexander Deyneka, painter, sculptor Alexander Rutskoy, politician Seraphim of Sarov, monk and saint The Tolmachevy Twins, singers Alexander Povetkin, Olympic champion, boxer Alexey Ivanovich Borozdin, musical therapist Yevgeny Klevtsov, Olympic medalist, cyclist Vyacheslav Klykov, sculptor Kazimir Malevich, painter Sergei Puskepalis, actor Mikhail Shchepkin, actor Little Tragedies, music band Pavel A. Pevzner, scientist Nikolay Karamyshev, racing driver Twin towns – sister cities Kursk is twinned with: Bar, Montenegro Dębno, Poland Donetsk, Ukraine Feodosia, Ukraine Gomel, Belarus Izmail, Ukraine Niš, Serbia Zviahel, Ukraine Novopolotsk, Belarus Polotsk, Belarus Primorsko, Bulgaria Speyer, Germany Sukhumi, Georgia Sumy, Ukraine Tiraspol, Moldova Užice, Serbia Witten, Germany Former twin towns: Tczew, Poland Motihari , India On 8 March 2022, the Polish city of Tczew ended its partnership with Kursk as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. References Notes Sources External links Official website of Kursk Kursk Business Directory kursk.jsprav.ru Kursk music events Kursk road police Kursky Uyezd