Bryansk

Bryansk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.

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Bryansk is a Russian city located about 220 miles southwest of Moscow that serves as the capital of Bryansk Oblast, a region in western Russia. With a population of nearly 380,000 people, it is an important administrative and urban center in the country's western regions.

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Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 241000–241002, 241004, 241006, 241007, 241010–241025, 241027–241031, 241033, 241035–241041, 241044, 241044, 241047, 241050, 241890, 241899, 241960–241967, 241970, 241980–241983, 241985, 241988, 241991
Russian inhabited locality.dialing_codes: 4832
Russian inhabited locality.website: http://www.bga32.ru
Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Bryansk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Брянск
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Bryansk Oblast#European Russia#Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Bryansk
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Bransk_CoA_2016.gif
Russian inhabited locality.coa_caption: Герб Брянска
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Bryansk.png
Russian inhabited locality.holiday: September 17
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Bryansk
Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur: Bryansky Urban Administrative Okrug (city of oblast significance)
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Bryansk Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Bryansky Urban Administrative Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Bryansk Urban Okrug

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Wikidata facts

Population: 373310
Area: 186.73
Elevation: 190
Official website: bryansk032.ru
Image: Петровская гора (комплекс зданий) - 1.jpg
Dialing code: 4832

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Commons category: Bryansk
inception: 0985-00-00
postal code: 241000
native label: Брянск
time of earliest written record: 1146-00-00

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History
Medieval period
Modern period
Recent history
Demographics
Geography
Urban layout
Climate
Administrative and municipal status
Economy
Transportation
Culture and education
Sport
Notable people
Born in Bryansk
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Twin towns – sister cities
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Bryansk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.

Bryansk is one of the oldest cities in the oblast, with 985 regarded as the year of foundation. It was part of the Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire and Lithuania during the medieval period, then was contested by Moscow and Poland–Lithuania in the early modern period, before ultimately passing to Russia, within which it was a major regional trading center.