Zhukovka (russian: Жу́ковка) is a

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and the

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Zhukovsky District Zhukovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Bryansk Oblast *Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, an administrative and ...

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, located on the left bank of the

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's basin) northwest of

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban la ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1868 as a railway station on the Riga– Oryol railway. In the years that followed, a settlement grew around the Zhukovka station. In 1914, there were fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. During

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, it was occupied by the

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

on August 24, 1941. Town status was granted to it in 1962.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zhukovka serves as the

.Law #13-Z As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Zhukovsky District as Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug.Law #69-Z As a municipal division, Zhukovsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Zhukovsky Municipal District as Zhukovskoye Urban Settlement.Law #3-Z

Transportation

The railway branch line leads to Kletnya.

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Zhukovka

Zhukovka Business Directory
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