Unecha

Unecha (English)
Унеча (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Bryansk Oblast in Russia
Unecha
Location of Unecha in Bryansk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°50′46″N 32°40′36″E / 52.84611°N 32.67667°E / 52.84611; 32.67667Coordinates: 52°50′46″N 32°40′36″E / 52.84611°N 32.67667°E / 52.84611; 32.67667
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Bryansk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Unechsky District[2]
Urban Administrative Okrug Unechsky[2]
Administrative center of Unechsky District,[1] Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug[2]
Municipal status (as of August 2012)
Municipal district Unechsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Unechskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Unechsky Municipal District,[3] Unechskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 26,197 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Town status since 1940
Unecha on Wikimedia Commons

Unecha (Russian: Уне́ча) is a town and the administrative center of Unechsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Unecha River (the Dnieper's basin) 140 kilometers (87 mi) southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 26,197(2010 Census);[4] 29,039(2002 Census);[6] 28,583(1989 Census).[7]

History

Town status was granted to it in 1940.

From 1936 to 1951 Unecha was the home station for the Unecha motive branch of the Belarusian railway. From September 1943 to March 1944 the Directorate of the Belarusian railway was situated in the town.

Prior to the war, about 12% of inhabitants were Jews. 1,708 Jews were living in Unecha. The town was occupied by the German army in the middle of August 1941. A large number of Jews managed to flee to the east before the Germans’ arrival. Shortly after the German occupation, the Jews were distinguished and forbidden to leave the town. In October of 1941, all the Jews were confined to a closed ghetto, where they stayed till its liquidation in mid-March 1942. Due to harsh living conditions and hunger, many Jews died before the liquidation. Hundred of them were executed and group of Roma from another village were murdered alongside the Jews on this day.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Unecha serves as the administrative center of Unechsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Unechsky District as Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug.[2] As a municipal division, Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Unechsky Municipal District as Unechskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #13-Z
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #69-Z
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #3-Z
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. http://yahadmap.org/#village/unecha-bryansk-russia.543

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