Karachev
{{Short description|Town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia}}
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Karachev ({{langx|ru|Карачев}}) is a town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=17449|p2010=19,715|p2002=20,175|p1989=22,446}}
History
File:Карачев - Козельская ул.jpg
First chronicled in 1146, it was the capital of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in the Middle Ages, until its rulers moved their seats to Peremyshl.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In the 14th century it became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and in 1503 it passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Karachev was part of the Oryol Governorate from 1796 to 1920.
Its old architecture was heavily damaged during World War II. Karachev was occupied by the German Army from 5 October 1941 to 15 August 1943. The Germans operated a Nazi prison and temporarily also the Dulag 185 prisoner-of-war camp in the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=1980|title=NS-Gefängnis Karacev|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=3 December 2023|language=de}}{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=102|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}} Local Jews were confined in a ghetto and eventually massacred by the occupiers on 12 December 1941, with some 100 victims.{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Dean|first2=Martin|year=2012|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume II|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|page=1797|isbn=978-0-253-35599-7}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachev serves as the administrative center of Karachevsky District.Law #13-Z As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-one rural localities, incorporated within Karachevsky District as Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug.Law #69-Z As a municipal division, Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Karachevsky Municipal District as Karachevskoye Urban Settlement.Law #3-Z
Infrastructure
File:Karachev, Bryansk Oblast, Russia - panoramio (57).jpg
Near Karachev, there is a {{convert|300|m|sp=us|adj=on}} tall radio mast used for the CHAYKA radio navigation system.
References
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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|bry|adm|list}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|bry|mun|list}}
External links
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- [http://karadmin.ru/ Official website of Karachev] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://karachev.jsprav.ru/ Karachev Business Directory ] {{in lang|ru}}
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