Novozybkov

Novozybkov (Russian Новозыбков ) is a town in Bryansk Oblast (Russia) with 40,553 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the Dneprniederung about 200 kilometers southwest of Bryansk on Oblasthauptstadt Korna river near its confluence with the Iput in the river system of the Dnieper.

Novozybkov forms a rajonfreisen city district and is also the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

1701 a Sloboda ( craft and trade village) Sybkaja was mentioned in a document, which had been founded about 1686 by Old Believers. Later, the name form Sypkow was used.

After laying in a less flood-prone place Novo- (Russian for re-) was placed in front of the place name. On February 11, 1809 town charter was granted. After the establishment of a first factory in 1864, the city developed until the beginning of the 20th century one of the main centers of the match production with Russia over ten plants. In the confusion after the October Revolution of 1917 this industry came to a complete standstill.

During World War II Novozybkov was occupied on 16 August 1941 by the German Wehrmacht and recaptured on 25 September 1943 by troops of the Bryansk Front and the central front of the Red Army during advancement of Bryansk towards Chernihiv and Pripyat.

As a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 include Novozybkov and the surrounding Rajon among the most radioactively contaminated areas of Russia: Directly west of the city begins a contaminated with about 1.5 MBq per square meter exclusion zone uninhabitable.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Economy

In Novozybkov there are plants of machinery and electrical equipment construction, textile and food industry.

The town lies on the railway line opened in 1887 Bryansk - Gomel -Brest the former Polessye Railways ( kilometer 208), of which here is a route to Novhorod - Seversky (Ukraine ) branches. The M13 highway also leads to Bryansk Belarusian border south to Novozybkov over.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Grigori Roshal Lvovitch (1899-1983), director and screenwriter
  • Rostislav Alexeyev Jewgenjewitsch (1916-1980), Soviet ships and aircraft designer
  • Samson Samsonov (1921-2002), director, screenwriter and actor
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