{{short description|Town in Kursk Oblast, Russia}} {{Cleanup bare URLs|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox Russian town |en_name=Fatezh |ru_name=Фатеж |image_skyline=Fatezz2.jpg |image_caption=A street in Fatezh |coordinates = {{coord|52|06|N|35|51|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_flag= |flag_caption= |image_coa=Fatezh COA (Kursk Governorate) (1780).png |coa_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Kursk Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Fatezhsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Fatezh |adm_selsoviet_type=Town of district significance |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Fatezhsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of2=town of district significance of Fatezh |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Fatezhsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="KurskO_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Fatezh Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="KurskO_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Fatezhsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="KurskO_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Fatezh Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="KurskO_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= <!----STATISTICS----> |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=5404 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= <!----HISTORY----> |established_date=17th century |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1779 |current_cat_date_ref= <!----MISCELLANEA----> |postal_codes=307100, 307139 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Fatezh''' ({{langx|ru|Фате́ж}}) is a town and the administrative center of Fatezhsky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Reka+Usozha/@52.1327633,35.2221303,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x412e7dae6536b245:0x37f6198cea61155e!8m2!3d52.0858638!4d35.787125 Usozha River] {{convert|45|km|sp=us}} north of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=4691|p2010=5,404|p2002=5,710|p1989=5,712|;}} 4,959 (1897).<ref>Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, s.v.</ref>
==History and etymology== It was founded as a village in the 17th century and granted town status in 1779.<ref>https://eng.russia.travel/places/59237/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}{{dead link|date=November 2025}}</ref> Fatezh 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).<ref>Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира".Москва, 1998, p. 438.</ref> During World War II, Fatezh was occupied by German troops from October 22, 1941 to February 7, 1943.
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Fatezh serves as the administrative center of Fatezhsky District.<ref name="KurskO_admlist">Resolution #489</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Fatezhsky District as the '''town of district significance of Fatezh'''.<ref name="KurskO_admlist" /> As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Fatezh is incorporated within Fatezhsky Municipal District as '''Fatezh Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="KurskO_mun">Law #60-ZKO</ref>
==Literary references== In Vasily Narezhny's 1814 novel ''A Russian Gil Blas'' ({{lang|ru|Российский Жильблаз}}), the picaresque hero leaves his home village in Kursk Governorate to go to Moscow; after two weeks of traveling he reaches a magnificent city he is sure must be Moscow, but when he asks a passing policeman it turns out to be Fatezh.
==Notable people== Fatezh is the birthplace of composer Georgy Sviridov.
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===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|krs|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|krs|mun|list}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://мофатеж.рф Official website of Fatezh] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://fatezh.jsprav.ru/ Fatezh Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Kursk Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast Category:Fatezhsky Uyezd Category:1779 establishments in the Russian Empire