Sevsk (russian: Севск) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Sevsky District
Sevsky District (russian: Се́вский 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 southeast of the oblast. The area of the distric ...
in
Bryansk Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the (
Dnieper
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's
basin), from
Bryansk
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Geography Urban layout
The location of the settlement was originally ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
Sevsk is one of the oldest cities in the Bryansk region. Along with
Novgorod-Seversky
Novhorod-Siverskyi ( uk, Новгород-Сіверський ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, although until 18 July 2020 it was incorporated as a city ...
,
Putivl
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em and
Rylsk, it was one of the cities of the historical
Severshchina.
Archaeological research indicates the early settlement of the territory of Sevsk. Sevsk is first mentioned under 1146 in two chronicles — ''
Resurrection
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'' and ''
Ipatievskaya''. At that time, the city was part of the
Chernihiv-Seversk land.
In the reign of
Ivan the Terrible
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Iv ...
The Sevsky Kremlin was fortified,
garrison reinforced by
guard Cossacks, who created a Cossack
sloboda
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here. In the middle of the 17th century a Sev fortress was included in the system of newly created defensive guards along the south-western borders. The convenient location contributed to the creation of a strong fortress here, which played a significant role in the history of Russia. Sevsk was known as a major shopping center not only in Russia, but also in the West. In 1634, the
siege of Sevsk / defense of Sevsk from the Poles played an important role in ending the
Smolensk War
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Hostilities began in October 1632 when Russian forces tried to capture the city of Smolensk. Small military engagements produced mix ...
. After 1683 and the city grew many times at the expense of
streltsy and other
service people, sent here from
Moscow
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after
Streletsky Revolt (1682)/ streltsy riots. At the end of the XVII century, a silver coin was minted in Sevsk for
Ukrainian territories that became part of Russia —
Sevsk Czechs. In 1687 at Sevsk, the 32nd
Chernihiv Colonelwas beheaded
Grigory Ivanovich Samoilovich, Grigory Samoilovich (son of
hetman
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Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military ...
a
Ivan Samoilovich
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).
In the XVIII century, the defensive importance of Sevsk as a border town weakened, as the borders were moved to the south and west. It organizes the civil administration. The city was granted a
coat of arms
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and a general development plan. Military people are settling on the outskirts of the city. In Sevsk and its environs, there are still Streletskaya, Pushkarnaya, Soldatskaya Sloboda, and the village of
Reitarovka.
With the division of Russia into provinces, Sevsk was included in the
Kiev province, in which in 1719 became the center of
Sevsk province Sevsk (russian: Севск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Sevsk, Bryansk Oblast, a town in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast;
;Rural localities
* Sevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, a settlement in Burlakovskaya R ...
, which included 9 cities: Sevsk, Trubchevsk, Bryansk, Karachev, Kromy, Rylsk, Putivl, Nedrigailov and Kamenny with their districts (uyezds). In 1727 Sevsk was transferred to
Belgorod province, divided into three provinces, of which Sevsk province was the most populous (out of the 700 thousand population of the province, it accounted for 300 thousand).
In 1778 Sevsk becomes the center of
Sevsky uyezd as part of
Orel Viceroyalty. At this time, it was decided to rebuild the city according to a new plan, breaking it into regular squares. The inhabitants of the city were engaged in crafts, trade and Yamsky craft.
In the 1880s, the first railway line ran through Sevsky uyezd, but Sevsk itself was left out of it, which affected the development of industry and trade. At the same time, much has been done in the improvement of the city: water supply was carried out, the central streets were gas-lit, the main street was paved with cobblestones. In the eastern part of the city, on the high bank of the Seva, a building of the zemstvo council was built. In the north-western part of the city in 1913, a large two-story building was erected, specially designed for the Sevsky Real School, established in 1909. The school became one of the cultural centers of the city, where literary evenings were held, concerts were arranged, and amateur performances were staged. In 1917, the mathematician
Ivan Petrovsky, future
rector
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of
Moscow State University
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, graduated from the school.
1 October 1941 as part of Operation Typhoon
2nd panzer group
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Organisation
Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 ...
Guderian, Heinz Wilhelm / Guderian Army Group "Center" broke through the defense of its central sector
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*Japanese Thirteenth Area Army
*13th Army (Russian Empire), unit in World War I
*13th Army (RSFSR), a unit in the Russian Civil War
*13th Army (Soviet Union)
*13th Air Army
The 76 ...
Of the Bryansk Front A. I. Eremenko to the full depth and advanced 60 km. On 1 October,
24th Motorized Corps occupied Sevsk. The city was liberated by the 2nd Panzer Army on 2 March 1943 as part of the
Dmitriev-Sevskaya operation, but on
27 March
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
*1329 – Pope John XXII is ...
was again captured by the Germans. Finally released in September 1943 as part of the
Bryansk operation.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sevsk serves as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Sevsky District
Sevsky District (russian: Се́вский 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 southeast of the oblast. The area of the distric ...
.
[Law #13-Z] As an administrative division, it is, together with four
rural localities
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, incorporated within Sevsky District as Sevsky
Urban Administrative Okrug.
[Law #69-Z] As a
municipal division, Sevsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Sevsky Municipal District as Sevskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #3-Z]
Architecture
Architectural monuments include the remnants of
defensive walls of the medieval fortress and the churches of Kazan Virgin (1760), Ascension (1765), and Sts. Peter and Paul (1809). Sevsk used to have two cathedrals, one dating to 1782 and another to 1811. Both cathedrals were destroyed during Stalin's rule, but their
bell towers still stand.
Sister cities
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Bender,
Moldova
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*
Dingwall
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,
Scotland
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,
United Kingdom
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Cities and towns in Bryansk Oblast
Sevsky Uyezd