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Bryansk (brēänsk`), city (1989 pop. 452,000), capital of Bryansk region, central European Russia, on the Desna River. The city is a rail transportation hub, and it forms an important industrial district with nearby Bezhitsa, with which it was incorporated in 1956. There are ironworks and locomotive, machine, and cement plants. Bryansk is also a major distribution center for natural gas. Originally called Brinyu and later Debryansk, the city was first known in 1146. For a time it was the capital of a principality. Bryansk later passed to Lithuania and in the 16th cent. was annexed by Muscovy. It served as a fortress until the 19th cent. Bryansk a city in W Russia. Pop.: 428 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As for the forces of the Bryansk Front and the left wing of the Western Front, they were not directly involved in defensive operations at the Kursk Bulge. As the purge intensified he had quit his leading position at the civil engineering plant in Bryansk and taken a humbler job in Moscow where he might attract less attention. Thus, the movement to contact of Central Front forces was covered by units and combined units of the 12th Army of the Bryansk Front and the 60th Army of the Voronezh Front, and the movement to contact of the 2nd Belorussian Front in the direction of Kovel by units of the 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front and the 13th Army of the Ukrainian Front. |
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