Dyatkovo
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Dyatkovo (Russian: Дя́тьково) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 33,600 (2002 Census).
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The settlement was established in 1626. In 1927 it was granted a city status.
Bryansk Oblast was a center of partisan movement during the World War II. In February 1942 Soviet partisans managed to retake power in Dyatkovo and neighboring villages. The area was deeply inside Nazi-occupied territory. The partisans restored Soviet rule and ran a hospital and various shops. The area was retaken by the Nazis in June 1942.
Dyatkovo is most noted for its lead crystal factory, furniture factory, and a largest in the nation Lead Crystal Museum which is actually a museum of artistic glass.
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Cities and towns in Bryansk Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Bryansk Dyatkovo | Fokino | Karachev | Klintsy | Mglin | Novozybkov | Pochep | Seltso | Sevsk | Starodub | Surazh | Trubchevsk | Unecha | Zhukovka | Zlynka |
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