Bryansk
Bryansk
Брянск | |
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Bryansk Drama Theater Bryansk State Technical University Peresvet bell tower BMZ Palace of Culture Svensky Monastery | |
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Interactive map of Bryansk | |
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| Coordinates: 53°14′33″N 34°22′00″E / 53.24250°N 34.36667°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Bryansk Oblast |
| Founded | 985 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Council of People's Deputies |
| • Head | Marina Dbar |
| Area | |
• Total | 186.73 km2 (72.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 415,721 |
• Estimate (January 2015) | 426,225 (+2.5%) |
| • Rank | 41st in 2010 |
| • Density | 2,226.3/km2 (5,766.1/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | Bryansky Urban Administrative Okrug (city of oblast significance) |
| • Capital of | Bryansk Oblast, Bryansky Urban Administrative Okrug |
| • Urban okrug | Bryansk Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Bryansk Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| 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 |
| Dialing code | +7 4832 |
| OKTMO ID | 15701000001 |
| City Day | September 17 |
| Website | www |
Bryansk (Russian: Брянск, IPA: [brʲansk] ⓘ) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, 379 kilometers (235 mi) 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.