Desnogorsk
Desnogorsk is a types of [inhabited localities in Russia|town] in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Desna River southeast of Smolensk. Population: Desnogorsk is located on the banks of the Desna River and is surrounded by Roslavlsky District.
Geography
Climate
Desnogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate.History
It was founded as a settlement around the Smolensk [Nuclear Power Plant] in 1974. It belonged to Roslavlsky District. It was granted town status in 1989 and simultaneously declared to be the town of oblast significance.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated as Desnogorsk City of [federal subject significance|Urban Okrug]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the administrative divisions of [Smolensk Oblast|districts]. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.Economy
Industry
is the main enterprise in Desnogorsk.Transportation
The Russian route A130, formerly A101, connecting Moscow with the border of Belarus and continuing to Babruysk, passes close to Desnogorsk. There is also a connection to the road between Roslavl and Yelnya, [Yelninsky District, Smolensk Oblast|Yelnya] which continues further via Dorogobuzh and Safonovo to the M1 highway.There is a railroad in Desnogorsk but no passenger traffic. The closest railway station with passenger traffic is Roslavl I.