Krasnaya Gora, Krasnogorsky District, Bryansk Oblast

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Krasnaya Gora
Красная Гора
Town
Location of Krasnaya Gora
Krasnaya Gora is located in Russia
Krasnaya Gora
Krasnaya Gora
Location of Krasnaya Gora
Coordinates: 53°00′00″N 31°36′00″E / 53.00000°N 31.60000°E / 53.00000; 31.60000Coordinates: 53°00′00″N 31°36′00″E / 53.00000°N 31.60000°E / 53.00000; 31.60000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBryansk Oblast
First mentioned1168
Town status since1986
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total5,906
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
6,454 (+9.3%)
Administrative status
 • Capital ofTown of oblast significance of Borisovka, Rognedinsky District<
Municipal status
 • Municipal districtRognedinsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementRognedinsky Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofRognedinsky Municipal District, Krasnogorsky Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
242770
Dialing code(s)+7 48331
OKTMO ID15634151051

Krasnaya Gora (Russian: Кра́сная Гора́) is an urban-type settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Krasnogorsky District.

History[]

First mentioned in 1387 as a guard settlement. Listed in the "". In 1648 Popov Gora hosted a fight between Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and six thousandth detachment of Polish Hetman Vishnevetzky.

In the past century, Popova Gora was sotnia center Popogorskoy hundreds and parish center Popovogorskoy parish. Since 1929 - the regional center. Since 1968 it is settlement of urban type.

Ecological problems[]

As a result of the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, part of the territory of Bryansk Oblast has been contaminated with radionuclides (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/km2, representing approximately 16% of the oblast's population.

References[]

  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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