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]

Zhukovka Жуковка
Town[1]
Coat of arms
Location of Zhukovka
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Coordinates: 53°32′N 33°44′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Bryansk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Zhukovsky District[2]
Urban Administrative Okrug	Zhukovsky[2]
Founded	1868
Town status since	1962
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	18,269
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	16,878 (−7.6%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Zhukovsky District[1], Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug[2]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Zhukovsky Municipal District[5]
• Urban settlement	Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
• Capital of	Zhukovsky Municipal District[5], Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	242700
OKTMO ID	15622101001

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

Sources

• Брянская областная Дума. Закон №13-З от 5 июня 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Брянской области», в ред. Закона №4-З от 5 февраля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Брянской области». Опубликован: "Брянский рабочий", №119, 24 июня 1997 г. (Bryansk Oblast Duma. Law #13-Z of June 5, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Bryansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #4-Z of February 5, 2014 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of Bryansk Oblast. ).
• Брянская областная Дума. Закон №69-З от 2 ноября 2012 г. «Об образовании городских административных округов, поселковых административных округов, сельских административных округов, установлении границ, наименований и административных центров административных округов в Брянской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2013 г. Опубликован: Информационный бюллетень "Официальная Брянщина", №16, 6 ноября 2012 г.. (Bryansk Oblast Duma. Law #69-Z of November 2, 2002 On the Establishment of Urban Administrative Okrugs, Settlement Administrative Okrugs, Rural Administrative Okrugs, on Establishing Borders, Names, and Administrative Centers of the Administrative Okrugs of Bryansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2013.).
• Брянская областная Дума. Закон №3-З от 9 марта 2005 г. «О наделении муниципальных образований статусом статусом городского округа, муниципального района, городского поселения, сельского поселения и установлении границ муниципальных образований в Брянской области», в ред. Закона №75-З от 28 сентября 2015 г. «Об изменении статуса населённого пункта посёлок Красный Ятвиж Клетнянского района Брянской области». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Брянская неделя", №13, 8 апреля 2005 г. (Bryansk Oblast Duma. Law #3-Z of March 9, 2005 On Granting the Municipal Formations the Status of Urban Okrug, Municipal District, Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement and on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Bryansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #75-Z of September 28, 2015 On Changing the Status of the Inhabited Locality the Settlement of Krasny Yatvizh in Kletnyansky District of Bryansk Oblast. Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).

External links

Media related to Zhukovka at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Zhukovka (in Russian)
• Zhukovka Business Directory (in Russian)

На других языках

[de] Schukowka

[ru] Жуковка (город)