Zhukovsky District (russian: Жу́ковский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #13-Z] and municipal
[Law #3-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven 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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
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 ...
.
As of the
2021 Census, the total population of the district was 33,943, with the population of Zhukovka accounting for 52.5% of that number.
History
The district was established on June 17, 1929 within
Bryansk Okrug
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 ...
of
Western Oblast
Western Oblast (russian: Западная область, ''Zapadnaya oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1929 to 1937. Its seat was in the city ...
.
[''Administrative-Territorial Division of Bryansk Region in 1916–2006''][While Western Oblast did not officially come into existence until October 1, 1929, its creation was legislated on January 14, 1929 and the administrative divisions created in January-September 1929 are considered to have been established within its borders.]
References
Notes
Sources
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*Управление по делам архивов Брянской области. Государственный архив Брянской области. "Административно-территориальное деление Брянского края за 1916–2006 годы" (''Administrative-Territorial Division of Bryansk Region in 1916–2006''). Том 1. Брянск, 2011.
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Districts of Bryansk Oblast
States and territories established in 1929
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