| En Name: | Desnogorsk |
| Ru Name: | Десногорск |
| Coordinates: | 54.15°N 50°W |
| Map Label Position: | left |
| Federal Subject: | Smolensk Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | November 2011 |
| Adm City Jur: | Desnogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Adm Ctr Of: | Desnogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Desnogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of: | Desnogorsk Urban Okrug |
| Leader Name: | Mikhail Khobotov |
| Pop 2010Census: | 29677 |
| Established Date: | 1974 |
| Established Title: | urban-type settlement |
| Current Cat Date: | 1989 |
| Website: | http://admin-smolensk.ru/~desnogorsk/ |
| Commonscat: | Desnogorsk |
| Date: | March 2012 |
Desnogorsk (Russian: Десного́рск) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Desna River 153km (95miles) southeast of Smolensk. Population: Desnogorsk is located on the banks of the Desna River and is surrounded by Roslavlsky District.
Desnogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
It was founded as a settlement around the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in 1974 (construction started in 1972).[1] It belonged to Roslavlsky District. It was granted town status in 1989 and simultaneously declared to be the town of oblast significance.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated as Desnogorsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[3]
Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant is the main enterprise in Desnogorsk.
The Russian route A130, formerly A101, connecting Moscow with the border of Belarus and continuing to Babruysk, passes close to Desnogorsk. There is also a connection to the road between Roslavl and Yelnya which continues further via Dorogobuzh and Safonovo to the M1 highway.
There is a railroad in Desnogorsk but no passenger traffic. The closest railway station with passenger traffic is Roslavl I.