Zhukovka is a town in Zhukovsky District

Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast

Zhukovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Zhukovka. Population: 39,770 ; Population of Zhukovka accounts for 49.4% of the district's population....

 of Bryansk Oblast

Bryansk Oblast

Bryansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. Population: 1,278,087 .-History:...

, Russia

Russia

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, situated on the left bank of the Desna River

Desna River

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 (Dnieper

Dnieper River

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's basin

Drainage basin

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) 56 kilometres (34.8 mi) northwest of Bryansk

Bryansk

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. Population:

It was founded in 1868 as a railway station on the Oryol

Oryol

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–Riga

Riga

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railroad, better known as Riga — Oryol Railway. In following years the settlement grew around the Zhukovka station. The 43-km branch line leads to Kletnya.

Town status was granted to it in 1962. In 1914, there were fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. It was captured by the Germans on August 24, 1941.