En Name: | Dmitrovsk |
Ru Name: | Дмитровск |
Coordinates: | 52.5167°N 45°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Dmitrovsk-Olgovsky (Oryol oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Oryol Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Dmitrovsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Dmitrovsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town of district significance |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Dmitrovsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | town of district significance of Dmitrovsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Dmitrovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Dmitrovsk Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Dmitrovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Dmitrovsk Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 5648 |
Established Date: | 1711 |
Current Cat Date: | 1782 |
Postal Codes: | 303240 |
Postal Codes Ref: | [1] |
Date: | July 2020 |
Dmitrovsk (Russian: Дмитро́вск) is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Obshcheritsa River near its confluence with the Nerussa, 100km (100miles) southwest of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was previously known as Dmitriyevka, Dmitrovka (until 1929), Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky (until 2005).
It was founded in 1711 as the village of Dmitriyevka (Russian: Дми́триевка). After a church was built there, it became a selo and was renamed Dmitrovka (Russian: Дмитровка). It was granted town status in 1782, and renamed Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky (Russian: Дмитровск-Орловский) in 1929. During World War II, Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky was occupied by the German Army from October 2, 1941 to August 12, 1943 and administered as part of the so-called Lokot Autonomy. In 2005, it received its present name of Dmitrovsk.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dmitrovsk serves as the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Dmitrovsky District as the town of district significance of Dmitrovsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Dmitrovsk is incorporated within Dmitrovsky Municipal District as Dmitrovsk Urban Settlement.[3]