Mglin

city Mglin Мглин coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Bryansk Rajon Mglin First mention 1389 City since 1781 surface 15  km² population 7916 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 528 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48339 Post Code 243220 License Plate 32 OKATO 15 236 501 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 4 ′  N , 32 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bryansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Mglin ( Russian Мглин ) is a small town in the Bryansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 7916 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the eastern part of the Dnepr lowlands about 170 km west of the Oblast capital Brjansk on the Sudynka river in the Dnepr river system .

Mglin is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

A settlement presumably existing since the 12th century in place of today's city was first mentioned in a document in 1389 when it fell to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .

In 1502 Russian troops captured Mglin, which became a border town. From the time of turmoil at the beginning of the 17th century, the city fell again into Polish-Lithuanian hands until it finally came to Russia with the beginning of the Russo-Polish War 1654–1667 .

In 1708 Mglin was besieged by Swedish troops on their way to Poltava in the Great Northern War .

The town charter as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds) was granted in 1781. Mglin always remained a relatively insignificant administrative and commercial town.

During the Second World War , Mglin was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on August 16, 1941 and recaptured on September 22, 1943 by troops of the Brjansk Front of the Red Army .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7640
1926	6500
1939	7290
1959	6083
1970	6100
1979	6475
1989	7704
2002	8261
2010	7916

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The town is home to the Assumption Cathedral ( Успенский собор / Uspenski sobor) from 1815 to 1830, the Barbara Church ( церковь Варвары / zerkow Warwary) from 1874 and the Nikolai Church ( Никольская zerkowер63) from 1874 .

Economy and Infrastructure

In Mglin there are companies in the food and textile industries, as well as building materials and wood industries.

Road connections lead to the cities of Potschep , Unetscha (both on the M13 trunk road ) and Surasch , 30 to 40 kilometers away .

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)

Web links

Commons : Mglin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mglin on mojgorod.ru (Russian)