Unecha
Town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia
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::summary Town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Unecha |
| ru_name | Унеча |
| image_skyline | 2ТЭ10У-0446, Россия, Брянская область, база запаса Унеча (Trainpix 188966).jpg |
| image_caption | Railway station |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| pushpin_map | Russia Bryansk Oblast#European Russia#Russia |
| image_coa | Герб_города_Унеча.png |
| federal_subject | Bryansk Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Unechsky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_selsoviet_jur | Unechsky |
| adm_selsoviet_type | Urban Administrative Okrug |
| adm_selsoviet_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of1 | Unechsky District |
| adm_ctr_of1_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of2 | Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug |
| adm_ctr_of2_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Unechsky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Unechskoye Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Unechsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Unechskoye Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 26197 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| current_cat_date | 1940 |
| :: |
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Unecha (), a town and the administrative center of Unechsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, stands on the (within the Dnieper's basin) 140 km southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
Historically, the territory at various times formed part of Lithuania, Muscovy, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia.
Town status was granted in 1940.
From 1936 to 1951 Unecha was the home station for the Unecha motive branch of the Belarusian railway. From September 1943 to March 1944 the Directorate of the Belarusian railway was situated in the town.
Prior to World War II, about 12% of inhabitants were Jews. 1,708 Jews were living in Unecha. The town was occupied by the German army in the middle of August 1941. A large number of Jews managed to flee to the east before the Germans’ arrival. Shortly after the German occupation, the Jews were distinguished and forbidden to leave the town. In October 1941, all the Jews were confined to a closed ghetto, where they stayed until its liquidation in mid-March 1942. Due to harsh living conditions and hunger, many Jews died before the liquidation. Hundred of them were executed and group of Roma from another village were murdered alongside the Jews on this day. The Germans also operated a forced labour battalion for Jews and the Dulag 121 transit prisoner-of-war camp in the town.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Unecha serves as the administrative center of Unechsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Unechsky District as Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug. As a municipal division, Unechsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Unechsky Municipal District as Unechskoye Urban Settlement.
Notable people
- Aleksandr Putsko, footballer
References
Notes
Sources
References
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- "Yahad - in Unum".
- "Jüdisches Arbeitsbataillon Uneca".
- (2022). "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV". Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Law #13-Z
- Law #69-Z
- Law #3-Z
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