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Gordeyevsky District

Gordeyevsky District (Russian: Горде́евский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Kastsyukovichy' District in Mogilev region of Belarus in the north, Surazhsky District in the east, Klintsovsky and Novozybkovsky Districts in the south, and Krasnogorsky District in the west. A distance between the center of Gordeyevscky District (the rural locality (a selo) of Gordeyevka) and the center of Bryansk Oblast (The city of Bryansk) is 240 km. The center of District and the center of Oblast are connected by motor roads only.

The area of the district is 846.54 square kilometers (326.85 sq mi).

Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Gordeyevka. In 2018 year the total population of the district was 10 620, with the population of Gordeyevka accounting for 28.4% of that number. In 2021, population was 10,060 (2021 census).

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gordeyevsky District is one of the twenty-two in the Bryansk Oblast. Gordeyevka serves as its administrative center. Gordeyevka is a strategically important point, being at the intersection of roads connecting the roads to Krasnaya Gora, Kostyukovichi, Surazh, Klintsy.

Gordeyevsky District lies in western European Russia in the central to western parts of the East European Plain.

The relief is a typical East European Plain landscape, with alternating rolling hills and shallow lowlands, although lowlands dominate.

Climate is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −7 to −9 °C (19 to 16 °F). The average July temperature is 18 to 19 °C (64 to 66 °F). Average annual precipitation varies from 560 to 600 millimeters (22 to 24 inches).

The historical fate of the Gordeevsky district is connected with its geographical location. In ancient times, the tribes of the Radimichs lived on the territory of the region. From the second half of the XIV century, among a significant part of the Bryansk lands, the territory of the present Gordeevsky region became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and after the conclusion of the treaty on the union (unification) of Lithuania with Poland in 1385, into the united Polish-Lithuanian state.

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