KOROCHA

korocha, a town of central russia, in the government of kursk, 75 m. s.s.e. of the city of kursk, on the korocha river. pop. (1897), 14,405. its inhabitants live by gardening, exporting large quantities of dried cherries, by making candles and leather, and by trade; the merchants purchase cattle, grain and salt in the south and send them to moscow. founded in 1638, korocha was formerly a small fort intended to check the tatar invasions. korsor, a seaport of denmark, in the _amt_ (county) of the island of zealand, 69 m. by rail w.s.w. of copenhagen, on the east shore of the great belt. pop. (1901), 6054. the harbour, which is formed by a bay of the baltic, has a depth throughout of 20 ft. it is the point of departure and arrival of the steam ferry to nyborg on funen, lying on the hamburg, schleswig, fredericia and copenhagen route. there is also regular communication by water with kiel. the chief exports are fish, cereals, bacon; imports, petroleum and coal. a market town since the 14th century, korsor has ruins of an old fortified castle, on the south side of the channel, dating from the 14th and 17th centuries. kortcha (slavonic, _goritza_ or _koritza_), a city of albania, european turkey, in the vilayet of iannina, in a wide plain watered by the devol and dunavitza rivers, and surrounded by mountains on every side except the north, where lake malik constitutes the boundary. pop. (1905), about 10,000, including greeks, albanians and slavs. kortcha is the see of an orthodox greek metropolitan, whose large cathedral is richly decorated in the interior with paintings and statues. the kortcha school for girls, conducted by american missionaries, is the only educational establishment in which the turkish government permits the use of albanian as the language of instruction. the local trade is chiefly agricultural.