Krasnaya Gora (in English) Красная Гора (Russian) |
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Location of Bryansk Oblast in Russia |
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Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Bryansk Oblast |
Administrative center of | Town of oblast significance of Borisovka,Rognedinsky District< |
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Municipal district | Rognedinsky Municipal District |
Urban settlement | Rognedinsky Urban Settlement |
Administrative center of | Rognedinsky Municipal District, Krasnogorsky Urban Settlement |
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Population (2010 Census) | 5,906 inhabitants |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
First mentioned | 1168 |
Town status since | 1986 |
Postal code(s) | 242770 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 48331 |
Krasnaya Gora (Russian: Красная Гора) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Krasnogorsky District.
First mentioned in 1387 as a guard settlement. Listed in the chronicle "List of Russian cities far and near". In 1648 Popov Mount hosted a fight between Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and six thousandth detachment of Polish Hetman Vishnevetzkogo.
In the past century Popova Gora was sotnia center Popogorskoy hundreds and parish center Popovogorskoy parish. Since 1929 - the regional center. Since 1968 it is settlement of urban type.