Unetscha

city Unecha Унеча coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Bryansk Rajon Unetscha Founded 1672 City since August 16, 1940 surface 15  km² population 26,197 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1746 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48351 Post Code 243300 License Plate 32 OKATO 15 258 501 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 51 '  N , 32 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '0 "  N , 32 ° 41' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bryansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Unetscha ( Russian Унеча ) is a city in the Brjansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 26,197 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 140 km southwest of the Oblast capital, Bryansk, on the upper reaches of the Unetscha river of the same name, which flows into the Iput in the Dnieper river system .

Unetscha is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

A small village Unetscha on the river of the same name was established in 1672.

In 1887 a station with an associated settlement was built in connection with the construction of the railway. With the construction and opening of another railway line around 1930, the station developed into an important hub.

On August 16, 1940, the place received city rights.

During the Second World War Unetscha was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on August 17, 1941 and recaptured on September 23, 1943 by troops of the Brjansk Front of the Red Army as part of the operation against Bryansk.

In the city there was a POW camp 327 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	13,955
1959	16,485
1970	21,749
1979	26,444
1989	28,583
2002	29,039
2010	26,197

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a history and local museum .

economy

In Unetscha there is the electrotechnical plant Tembr , companies in the food and construction industries as well as railway workshops.

The city is located on the railway line Bryansk - Homel - Brest ( Belarus ), which was opened continuously in 1887 , a line of the then Polessye Railways (route km 139), the cross-connection between the lines from Moscow in the direction of Belarus and Ukraine Orsha - which was opened continuously in 1931 Krytschau - Vorozhba is crossed. The latter is now partially out of service because of the frequent crossings of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

The trunk road M13 Brjansk – Belarusian border and further via Homel towards Brest leads south past Unetscha.

sons and daughters of the town

• Kirill Posdnyakov (* 1989), Russian-Azerbaijani racing cyclist
• Alexander Puzko (* 1993), football player

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)
2. ↑ Maschke, Erich (Ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
3. ↑ A. Putsko , int.soccerway.com

Web links

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

• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Unetscha on mojgorod.ru (Russian)