Navlya, Bryansk Oblast Explained

En Name:Navlya
Ru Name:Навля
Coordinates:52.8281°N 34.4989°W
Map Label Position:left
Federal Subject:Bryansk Oblast
Adm Ctr Of2:Navlinsky District
Adm Ctr Of2 Ref:<
Inhabloc Cat:Town
Mun District Jur:Navlinsky Municipal District
Urban Settlement Jur:Navlinsky Urban Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Navlinsky Municipal District
Mun Admctr Of2:Navlinsky Urban Settlement
Pop 2010Census:14361
Established Date:1904
Current Cat Date:1938
Postal Codes:242130
Dialing Codes:48342
Date:October 2016

Navlya (Russian: На́вля) is an urban-type settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Navlinsky District. Population:

History

The town was founded in 1904 in connection with the construction of the Moscow-Kiev-Voronezh railway. Since 1938 the settlement is mostly urban.

During the German occupation in World War II, from November 1941 to September 1943, it was part of Navlya Lokotskogo District. Guerrilla groups were active in the woods near Navlya, While an underground Komsomol group operated in the town.

Economy

In the settlement there are several industries including a repair plant, Auto Aggregate Plant (manufacture of driveshafts), Factory "Promsvyaz" (manufacture of machinery for the construction of cable lines), Food Factory, conducted asphalt production and harvesting.

Place of interest

In Navlya there is the Museum of Partisan Glory, underground guerrillas monument "Memory Wall" with a bust of the commander of one of the groups, Peter Derevyanko, as well as a monument to the soldiers of the 10th separate tank brigade of the Bryansk Front-based around an IS-2 tank mounted on a pedestal. In addition, in the town is a monument to Lenin, the stele in honor of the liberation of the city, a monument and burial of defenders and civilians Navlya on the forecourt. Knyazev is a monument to the defenders of the city, in the park. Derevianko - a monument to the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident.