Zhukovsky 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 north 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
town
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of
Zhukovka Zhukovka () 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 Pavlozavodskoy Selsoviet of ...
.
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 of
Western Oblast
Western Oblast () was an administrative-territorial unit (''oblast'') of the Russian SFSR from 1929 to 1937. Its seat was in the city of Smolensk. The oblast was located in the west of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided b ...
.
[''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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