Dubrovka (Bryansk)

Urban-type settlement Dubrovka Дубровка coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Bryansk Rajon Dubrowski Founded 1868 Urban-type settlement since 1931 population 8015 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48332 Post Code 242750 License Plate 32 OKATO 15 212 551 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 42 '  N , 33 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '30 "  N , 33 ° 30' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bryansk Oblast

Dubrowka ( Russian Ду́бровка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Bryansk Oblast in Russia with 8015 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 70 km as the crow flies north-west of the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast on the Sescha, a right tributary of the Desna , about 10 km above the mouth.

Dubrovka is the administrative center of the Rajons Dubrovsky and seat of the municipality Dubrowskoje gorodskoje posselenije. In addition to Dubrowka, the municipality includes the villages of Davydchichi, Dubrowka, Fjodorowka, Nemer, Poboinaja, Ponisowka, Potryassovka, Seschtscha, Tschekalina Sloboda and Tuschewo, as well as the settlements Kalinin, Lipowka, Minakow, Nowy Swet, which are up to ten kilometers away.

history

The place was created in 1868 in connection with the construction of the initially private Oryol - Vitebsk railway around a station built there, named after the village of the same name, just under three kilometers to the south. From the 1880s onwards, several forest, food and light industries were established at the station.

In 1924 Dubrowka became the administrative seat of a Volost , in 1929 one of the rajons that emerged from it. In 1931 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

During the Second World War , Dubrowka was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from August 8, 1941 to September 24, 1943 .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4170
1959	4560
1970	5958
1979	7278
1989	8515
2002	8598
2010	8015

Note: census data

traffic

Dubrovka has a train station at kilometer 215 of the Orjol - Bryansk - Smolensk railway that opened in 1868 .

The federal highway R120 passes a good five kilometers southeast of the settlement and follows the railway line from Oryol to Smolensk and on to the Belarusian border.

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)