Karachev (Russian:Карачев) is a town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 17,449(2021 census);19,715(2010 census);20,175(2002 census);22,446(1989 Soviet census).

History

Early 20th-century view of the town

First chronicled in 1146, it was the capital of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in the Middle Ages, until its rulers moved their seats to Peremyshl.[citation needed] In the 14th century it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and in 1503 it passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Karachev was part of the Oryol Governorate from 1796 to 1920.

Its old architecture was heavily damaged during World War II. Karachev was occupied by the German Army from 5 October 1941 to 15 August 1943. The Germans operated a Nazi prison and temporarily also the Dulag 185 prisoner-of-war camp in the town. Local Jews were confined in a ghetto and eventually massacred by the occupiers on 12 December 1941, with some 100 victims.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachev serves as the administrative center of Karachevsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-one rural localities, incorporated within Karachevsky District as Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug. As a municipal division, Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Karachevsky Municipal District as Karachevskoye Urban Settlement.

Infrastructure

Railway station

Near Karachev, there is a 300-meter (980ft) tall radio mast used for the CHAYKA radio navigation system.

Notes

Sources

  • Брянская областная Дума.Закон№13-Зот5 июня 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Брянской области», в ред. Закона №4-З от5 февраля 2014 г.«О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Брянской области». Опубликован: "Брянский рабочий", №119, 24 июня 1997 г.(Bryansk Oblast Duma.Law#13-ZofJune5, 1997On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Bryansk Oblast, as amended by the Law#4-Z ofFebruary5, 2014On Amending Various Legislative Acts of Bryansk Oblast. ).
  • Брянская областная Дума.Закон№69-Зот2 ноября 2012 г. «Об образовании городских административных округов, поселковых административных округов, сельских административных округов, установлении границ, наименований и административных центров административных округов в Брянской области». Вступил в силу1января 2013г. Опубликован: Информационный бюллетень "Официальная Брянщина", №16, 6 ноября 2012 г..(Bryansk Oblast Duma.Law#69-ZofNovember2, 2002On the Establishment of Urban Administrative Okrugs, Settlement Administrative Okrugs, Rural Administrative Okrugs, on Establishing Borders, Names, and Administrative Centers of the Administrative Okrugs of Bryansk Oblast. Effective as ofJanuary1, 2013.).
  • Брянская областная Дума.Закон№3-Зот9 марта 2005 г. «О наделении муниципальных образований статусом статусом городского округа, муниципального района, городского поселения, сельского поселения и установлении границ муниципальных образований в Брянской области», в ред. Закона №75-З от28 сентября 2015 г.«Об изменении статуса населённого пункта посёлок Красный Ятвиж Клетнянского района Брянской области». Вступил в силучерез 10дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Брянская неделя", №13, 8 апреля 2005 г.(Bryansk Oblast Duma.Law#3-ZofMarch9, 2005On Granting the Municipal Formations the Status of Urban Okrug, Municipal District, Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement and on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Bryansk Oblast, as amended by the Law#75-Z ofSeptember28, 2015On Changing the Status of the Inhabited Locality the Settlement of Krasny Yatvizh in Kletnyansky District of Bryansk Oblast. Effective as ofthe day which is 10days after the official publication.).

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