Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Zhukovka.
Zhukovka (English)
Жуковка (Russian)
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Location of Bryansk Oblast in Russia
Zhukovka
Location of Zhukovka in Bryansk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°32′N 33°44′E / 53.533°N 33.733°ECoordinates: 53°32′N 33°44′E / 53.533°N 33.733°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Bryansk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Zhukovsky District[2]
Urban Administrative Okrug Zhukovsky[2]
Administrative center of Zhukovsky District,[1] Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug[2]
Municipal status (as of August 2012)
Municipal district Zhukovsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Zhukovsky Municipal District,[3] Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 18,269 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Founded 1868
Town status since 1962
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Zhukovka (Russian: Жу́ковка) is a town and the administrative center of Zhukovsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Desna River (Dnieper's basin) 56 kilometers (35 mi) northwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 18,269 (2010 Census);[4] 19,731 (2002 Census);[6] 19,706 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1868 as a railway station on the Riga–Oryol railway. In the years that followed, a settlement grew around the Zhukovka station. In 1914, there were fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. During World War II, it was occupied by the Germans on August 24, 1941. Town status was granted to it in 1962.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zhukovka serves as the administrative center of Zhukovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Zhukovsky District as Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug.[2] As a municipal division, Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Zhukovsky Municipal District as Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

The 43-kilometer (27 mi) railway branch line leads to Kletnya.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Law #13-Z
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #69-Z
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Law #3-Z
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года[All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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