Kletnya () is an

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and the

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Kletnyansky District Kletnyansky District () is an administrativeLaw #13-Z and municipalLaw #3-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...

, 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 ...

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. It is located on the Nadva River (

Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

basin), 99 km west of the city of

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

. It is the final railway station on the

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that connects Kletnya with

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 ...

, 43 km away, where it joins the main line between Bryansk and

Smolensk Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...

. Population:

History

The town was founded as Lyudinka () in 1880, in connection with the start of

logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, trucksBryansky Uyezd Bryansky Uyezd (''Бря́нский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Oryol Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bryansk. Demographics At the t ...

, and since 1929 it has been the administrative centre of Kletnyansky District. In 1935 it was granted the status of an

. During the

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the forests in the region were one of the centers of the

partisan movement Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to: Military * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line ** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ** Itali ...

. On 28 June 2012 the town was awarded the honorary title "" by the regional government.

References

{{Bryansk Oblast Urban-type settlements in Bryansk Oblast Oryol Governorate 1880 establishments in the Russian Empire Populated places established in 1880