Sevsk

city Sevsk Севск coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Bryansk Rajon Sevsk First mention 1146 City since 1778 surface 15  km² population 7282 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 485 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 170  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48356 Post Code 242440 License Plate 32 OKATO 15 248 501 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 9 '  N , 34 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '0 "  N , 34 ° 29' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bryansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sevsk ( Russian Севск ) is a small town in the Brjansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 7282 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 150 km south of the Oblast capital, Bryansk, on the Sew river in the Dnieper river system .

Sevsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1146 as the settlement Sevsko of the Principality of Chernigov named after the river .

From 1356 the city belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1500 and became one of the most important fortresses in this part of the country for two centuries (the so-called Gorodok , small town , existed until 1780). In 1634 the fortress withstood a two-week siege by Polish-Lithuanian troops. After 1698 some of the Streliz who had participated in the so-called Second Streliz uprising against Peter the Great were exiled to Sevsk .

In 1778 the town charter was granted as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds). After losing its military importance, the city became a regional trading center.

During the Second World War Sevsk was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 1, 1941 and temporarily retaken on March 2, 1943 by troops from the Central Front of the Red Army . On March 27, 1943, the Wehrmacht succeeded in conquering the city again, until it was finally taken on August 27, 1943 by troops of the central front while advancing on Chernihiv and Prypiat .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	9248
1926	8600
1939	6906
1959	6159
1970	7222
1979	7484
1989	7820
2002	7660
2010	7282

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In Sevsk are the Assumption Church ( Вознесенская церковь / Wosnessenskaja Zerkow) of 1765, the Peter and Paul Church ( Петропавловская церковь / Petropawlowskaja Zerkow) of 1809 and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan , shortly Kazan Church ( Казанская церковь / Kazanskaya Tserkov ) from 1760, as well as the bell towers of the former Assumption Cathedral ( Успенский собор / Uspenski sobor) from 1811 and the Trinity Cathedral ( Троицкий собор церковь / Troitski sobor) from the second half of the 19th century.

The city has a local museum.

Close to the city is the Christ the Transfiguration Monastery, founded as a fortress in 1631 ( Спасо-Преображенский монастырь / Spasso-Preobrazhensky monastyr).

Economy and Infrastructure

In Sevsk as the center of an agricultural area, companies in the food industry dominate (especially canned fruit and vegetables).

Sevsk is on the M3 Moscow –Bryansk– Ukrainian border road and continues to Kiev .

Personalities

• Ivan Petrowski (1901–1973), mathematician, rector of Moscow's Lomonosov University 1951–1973; born in Sevsk

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 : Sewsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Sevsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)