Bryansk
Sign in to saveBryansk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.
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Bryansk is a Russian city located about 220 miles southwest of Moscow that serves as the capital of Bryansk Oblast, a region in western Russia. With a population of nearly 380,000 people, it is an important administrative and urban center in the country's western regions.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes
- 241000–241002, 241004, 241006, 241007, 241010–241025, 241027–241031, 241033, 241035–241041, 241044, 241044, 241047, 241050, 241890, 241899, 241960–241967, 241970, 241980–241983, 241985, 241988, 241991
- Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes
- 4832
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.bga32.ru
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Bryansk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Брянск
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Bryansk Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Bryansk
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Bransk_CoA_2016.gif
- Russian inhabited locality.coa_caption
- Герб Брянска
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval period
- Modern period
- Recent history
- Demographics
- Geography
- Urban layout
- Climate
- Administrative and municipal status
- Economy
- Transportation
- Culture and education
- Sport
- Notable people
- Born in Bryansk
- Additional
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Bryansk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.
Bryansk is one of the oldest cities in the oblast, with 985 regarded as the year of foundation. It was part of the Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire and Lithuania during the medieval period, then was contested by Moscow and Poland–Lithuania in the early modern period, before ultimately passing to Russia, within which it was a major regional trading center.