Sushany () is a village (selo) in western Russia, located in the Klimovsky District of

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 ...

Geography

The village is located in southwestern Bryansk Oblast, in the

Polesian Lowland The Polesian Lowland is a lowland in the southwestern portion of the East European Plain in the drainage basins of several rivers including the Dnieper, Pripyat and Desna. It stretches along the Belarus–Ukraine border. It basically defines the ...

. It is near Russia's state border with

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Klimovo, the district's administrative centre. It is located above sea level and has a temperate, continental climate.

History

On 2 March 2023, the village was attacked by pro-Ukrainian forces during the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...

Demographics

From 2010 to 2013, the population of the settlement decreased from 200 to 180. According to the

2002 Russian census The 2002 Russian census () was the first census of the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rossta ...

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made up 96% of the population, which at the time was 269.

References

Populated places in Klimovsky District {{BryanskOblast-geo-stub