Dobrianka

Dobrianka (Ukrainian: Добрянка, Russian: Добрянка) is an urban-type settlement in Ripky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 2,722 (2020 est.)[1]

For other uses, see Dobryanka.
Dobrianka

Добрянка
Urban-type settlement
Dobrianka
Coordinates: 52°03′45″N 31°10′57″E
CountryUkraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionRipky Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,722
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dobrianka is located on the left bank of the Nemylnia River which makes the state border between Ukraine and Belarus.

History

It was a settlement in Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

Urban-type settlement since 1924.

During World War II it was occupied by Axis troops from August 12, 1941 until September 29, 1943.

In 1971, there was a furniture factory, a clothing factory, a vegetable drying plant, and a peat-producing enterprise.[2]

In January 1989, the population was 4042[3]

Transportation

А railway station,[2] on the Southwestern Railways connecting Chernihiv and Gomel, is located in Dobrianka. This is the closest station to the border from the Ukrainian side.

Dobrianka has access to Highway M01 which connects Kyiv via Chernihiv to the state border and continues to Gomel behind the border.

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Добрянка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
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