town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located on the right bank of the
Desna River
The Desna (russian: Десна́; uk, Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper. Its name means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language. It has a length of , and its drainage basin covers .
southeast of
Smolensk
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...
. Population: Desnogorsk is located on the banks of the
Desna River
The Desna (russian: Десна́; uk, Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper. Its name means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language. It has a length of , and its drainage basin covers .
and is surrounded by
Roslavlsky District
Roslavlsky District (russian: Росла́вльский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #133-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and bor ...
.
Climate
Desnogorsk has a warm-summer
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(''Dfb'' in the
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
).
History
It was founded as a settlement around the
Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant
Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (russian: link=no, Смоленская АЭС []) is a nuclear power station in Russia.
It is located in the Smolensk region, in Desnogorsk province, approximately 100 km from Smolensk, 115 km from Bryan ...
in 1974 (construction started in 1972). It belonged to
Roslavlsky District
Roslavlsky District (russian: Росла́вльский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #133-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and bor ...
. It was granted town status in 1989 and simultaneously declared to be the town of oblast significance.
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
.Resolution #261 As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.Law #118-z
Economy
Industry
Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant
Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (russian: link=no, Смоленская АЭС []) is a nuclear power station in Russia.
It is located in the Smolensk region, in Desnogorsk province, approximately 100 km from Smolensk, 115 km from Bryan ...
is the main enterprise in Desnogorsk.
Transportation
The
Russian route A130
The Russian route A130 is a Russian federal highway from Moscow to the border with Belarus, where it becomes the P43 to Bobruysk.
Within Moscow Oblast it coincides with the old Kaluga road, until the village of Lvovo Lvovo may refer to:
* Lvov ...
, formerly A101, connecting Moscow with the border of Belarus and continuing to
Babruysk
Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...
, passes close to Desnogorsk. There is also a connection to the road between Roslavl and
Yelnya Yelnya (russian: Ельня) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Yelnya, Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast, a town in Yelninsky District of Smolensk Oblast; administratively incorporated as Yelninskoye Urban ...
which continues further via
Dorogobuzh
Dorogobuzh (russian: Дорогобуж) is a historic town and the administrative center of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, straddling the Dnieper River and located east of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. ...
and
Safonovo Safonovo (russian: Сафоново) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Safonovo, Safonovsky District, Smolensk Oblast, a town in Safonovsky District of Smolensk Oblast; administratively incorporated as Safo ...
to the M1 highway.
There is a railroad in Desnogorsk but no passenger traffic. The closest railway station with passenger traffic is
Roslavl I
Roslavl (russian: Ро́славль, ) is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is a road and rail junction and a market town. Population:
Climate
Roslavl has a warm-summer humid continenta ...