Zhukovka () 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

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1868 as a railway station on the

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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

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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
{{Use mdy dates, date=July 2011 Cities and towns in Bryansk Oblast Bryansky Uyezd Populated places established in 1867 Populated places in Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast Former urban-type settlements of Bryansk Oblast