Karachev ( Russian : Карачев ) is a town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast , Russia . Population: 17,449 ( 2021 Census ) ; 19,715 ( 2010 Census ) ; 20,175 ( 2002 Census ) ; 22,446 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
3-611: First chronicled in 1146, it was the capital of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in the Middle Ages, until its rulers moved their seat to Peremyshl . 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 Oryol Governorate from 1796 to 1920. Its old architecture was heavily damaged during World War II . Karachev
6-505: A municipal division , Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Karachevsky Municipal District as Karachevskoye Urban Settlement . Near Karachev, there is a 300-meter (980 ft) tall radio mast used for CHAYKA radio navigation system. [REDACTED] Media related to Karachev at Wikimedia Commons Upper Oka Principalities Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-788: 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. Local Jews were confined in a ghetto and eventually massacred by the occupiers on 12 December 1941, with some 100 victims. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Karachev serves as the administrative center of Karachevsky District . As an administrative division, it is, together with thirty-one rural localities , incorporated within Karachevsky District as Karachevsky Urban Administrative Okrug . As
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