Kletnya (russian: Клетня) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

and the

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Kletnyansky District Kletnyansky District (russian: Клетня́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #13-Z and municipalLaw #3-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area o ...

, in

Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...

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. It is located on the Nadva River (

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basin), 99 km west of the city of

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban layout The location of the settlement was originally ass ...

. It is the final railway station on the

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that connects Kletnya with

Zhukovka Zhukovka (russian: Жуковка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast, a town in Zhukovsky District of Bryansk Oblast; ;Rural localities * Zhukovka, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' in Pavlo ...

, 43 km away, where it joins the

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between Bryansk and

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:

History

The town was founded as Lyudinka (russian: Людинка) in 1880, in connection with the start of

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in the region. In 1918 it was designated as a rural centre in Bryansky Uyezd, and since 1929 it has been the administrative centre of Kletnyansky District. In 1935 it was granted the status of an

. During the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

the forests in the region were one of the centers of the partisan movement. On 28 June 2012 the town was awarded the honorary title "" by the regional government.

References

{{Bryansk Oblast Urban-type settlements in Bryansk Oblast Oryol Governorate 1880 establishments in the Russian Empire Populated places established in 1880