En Name: | Dubrovka |
Ru Name: | Дубровка |
Coordinates: | 53.6914°N 33.5117°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Dubrovka.gif |
Federal Subject: | Bryansk Oblast |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Dubrovsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Dubrovsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Dubrovsky Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Dubrovsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Dubrovsky Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8015 |
Established Date: | 1868 |
Current Cat Date: | 2012 |
Postal Codes: | 242750 |
Dialing Codes: | 48332 |
Date: | October 2016 |
Dubrovka (Russian: Ду́бровка) is a settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population:
The town is located on Sesche on the river, a tributary of the Desna River. Railway station is located on the Bryansk-Smolensk line, 81 kilometers north-west of Bryansk.
The settlement was founded in 1868 in connection with the construction of the Oryol-Vitebsk railroad (the station was named after a nearby village). In the 1880s there were industries including distillery, sawmill, mills, churns. In 1912, twine factory was built.
In 1929 it became the district center and in 1931 it was granted an urban-type settlement status.
In 2012 its status was demoted to 'settlement'.