Bryansk

Bryansk
Брянск
Bryansk Drama Theater
Bryansk State Technical University
Peresvet bell tower
BMZ Palace of Culture
Svensky Monastery
Anthem: absent
Location of Bryansk
Bryansk
Location of Bryansk
Bryansk
Bryansk (European Russia)
Bryansk
Bryansk (Russia)
Bryansk
Bryansk (Europe)
Coordinates: 53°14′33″N 34°22′00″E / 53.24250°N 34.36667°E / 53.24250; 34.36667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBryansk Oblast
Founded985
Government
  BodyCouncil of People's Deputies
  HeadMarina Dbar
Area
  Total
186.73 km2 (72.10 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
  Total
415,721
  Estimate 
(January 2015)
426,225
  Rank41st in 2010
  Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
  Subordinated toBryansky Urban Administrative Okrug (city of oblast significance)
  Capital ofBryansk Oblast, Bryansky Urban Administrative Okrug
  Urban okrugBryansk Urban Okrug
  Capital ofBryansk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)
241000–241002, 241004, 241006, 241007, 241010–241025, 241027–241031, 241033, 241035–241041, 241044, 241044, 241047, 241050, 241890, 241899, 241960–241967, 241970, 241980–241983, 241985, 241988, 241991
Dialing code(s)+7 4832
OKTMO ID15701000001
City DaySeptember 17
Websitewww.bga32.ru

Bryansk (Russian: Брянск, IPA: [brʲansk]) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, 379 kilometers (235 mi) southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.

Bryansk is one of the oldest cities in the oblast, with 985 regarded as the year of foundation. It was part of the Kievan Rus', Mongol Empire and Lithuania during the medieval period, then was contested by Moscow and Poland–Lithuania in the early modern period, before ultimately passing to Russia, within which it was a major regional trading center.