Krasnogorsky District () 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 (), also known as Bryanshchina (, ), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 1,169,161.
Geography
Bryansk Oblast lies in weste ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Krasnaya Gora.
Population: 16,863 (
2002 Census);
The population of Krasnaya Gora accounts for 53.7% of the district's total population.
Ecological problems
As a result of the
Chernobyl disaster
On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...
on April 26, 1986, part of the territory of Bryansk Oblast has been contaminated with
radionuclides
A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable. This excess energy can be used in one of three ...
(mainly Gordeyevsky,
Klimovsky,
Klintsovsky, Krasnogorsky,
Surazhsky, and
Novozybkovsky Districts). In 1999, some 226,000 people lived in areas with the contamination level above 5 Curie/km
2, representing approximately 16% of the oblast's population.
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Districts of Bryansk Oblast