Zhukovka
Жуковка
Town[1]
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Zhukovka is located in Russia
Zhukovka
Zhukovka
Location of Zhukovka
Zhukovka is located in Bryansk Oblast
Zhukovka
Zhukovka
Zhukovka (Bryansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°32′N 33°44′E / 53.533°N 33.733°E / 53.533; 33.733
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBryansk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtZhukovsky District[2]
Urban Administrative OkrugZhukovsky[2]
Founded1868
Town status since1962
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total18,269
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
16,878 (−7.6%)
 • Capital ofZhukovsky District,[1] Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug[2]
 • Municipal districtZhukovsky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementZhukovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofZhukovsky Municipal District,[5] Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
242700Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID15622101001

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: 17,828 (2021 Census);[8] 18,269 (2010 Census);[3] 19,731 (2002 Census);[9] 19,706 (1989 Census).[10]

History

It was founded in 1868 as a railway station on the Riga–Oryol railway.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

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.[5]

Transportation

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #13-Z
  2. ^ a b c d Law #69-Z
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Law #3-Z
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

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