Klintsy

The city is located on the Moskovka River (Turosne Kartavoy) , a tributary of the Turosna River of the Dnieper basin, 172 kilometers ^[2] west of Bryansk , 5 km from the M13 highway Bryansk - Novozybkov - the border of the Republic of Belarus .

Climate

The temperate continental climate prevails. Winters are long and moderately cold. Summer is warm and short.

The average annual rainfall is 530 mm.

The settlement of Klintsy was founded in 1707 by Old Believer peasants and named after the first settlers (Klinets) in the plural.

In 1782, Klintsy became a posad in the Surazh district . At the same time, several printing houses were opening here, publishing mainly liturgical Old Believer books. The development of printing contributed to the high literacy of the population of Klintsy.

In 1782-1796, Klintsy was a part of the Novgorod-Seversky governorate , and in 1796-1802 - in the Little Russian province . Since February 27, 1802, Pos Klintsy - in the Chernihiv province , Surazh district .

Starting in the 1830s, textile production appeared in Klintsy, which gradually became the most important industry in the city. By the end of the XIX century, more than 90% of the textile industry of Chernihiv region was concentrated here. The city was called " Manchester of the Chernihiv province."

Electricity in Klintsy first appeared at the factory of I.P. Mashkovsky in 1886. In 1900, the posad was electrified, there were 10 cloth factories, 3 hosiery establishments, 11 tanneries, two iron foundries, 1 linen, 1 oil mill, 2 soap factories, three brick factories; several branches of various banks, a post office, telegraph office, a pharmacy and a pharmacy warehouse, three commission offices, five churches: Voznesenskaya and Troitskaya co-religion, Peter and Paul Orthodox, Pokrovo-Nikolskaya and Preobrazhenskaya Old Believers; three synagogues. Outside the city were two Old Believer monasteries (the Krasnoborsky Ioanno-Predtechev Monastery, or “The Strip”, and the Nikolo-Pustynsky Monastery. In 1916, its own “Klintsy Newspaper” began to appear in Klintsy.

In 1918, under the Brest Treaty, the city ​​was part of the Ukrainian People's Republic , Chernihiv Province, Surazh Uyezd. Since July 11, 1919 - in the Gomel province of the RSFSR , Surazh district. Since 1921, Pos Klintsy has become a county center in the Gomel province.

In 1925, Klintsy received the status of a city ^[3] . Since January 14, 1929, the city of Klintsy was part of the Western Region of the RSFSR, where it was the center of the Klintsy District and the Klintsy District . Since 1936, Klintsy is a city of regional subordination. Since October 19, 1937, the city of Klintsy was part of the Oryol region , and since July 5, 1944 it has been part of the Bryansk region.

During the Great Patriotic War, the city ​​was occupied by Nazi troops from August 20, 1941 to September 25, 1943.

In 1986, the territory of Klintsy and the Klintsy district suffered from radioactive contamination as a result of the Chernobyl accident.

In the year of the centenary of its founding (2007), a monument in the form of a bell with the image of the family of the founder of the city was erected at the proposed site of the settlement.

Since 2016, a military base has been under construction in Klintsy ^{[4] [5]} .

As of January 1, 2019, the city was in 257th place out of 1,115 ^[24] cities of the Russian Federation in terms of population ^[25] .

Klintsovsky truck crane plant is located in the city (it is one of the three largest Russian manufacturers of truck cranes; since 2008 it has been producing caterpillar cranes in addition to truck cranes), a piston ring factory, a car repair factory, a clothing factory, a knitwear factory, a building materials factory, a bicycle factory, Metrobeton factory, a joint soft toy company “Rabbit”, silicate factory, cannery, shoe factory “Klivia”, twine factory (one of three in Russia), LLC “Baltkom Uni” (dairy food production). Since 1937, the Klintsovskaya CHPP has been operating in the city.

The city-forming enterprises of modern Klintsy are the Klintsovsky Silicate Plant and OJSC Klintsovsky Truck Crane Plant.

Educational institutions: industrial and pedagogical college, technological college , gymnasium, 8 comprehensive schools.

The city has a branch of the regional museum of local lore .

The local football club "Klintsy" performs in the championship of the Bryansk region.

The team of the city of Klintsy in basketball is the current two-time champion of the Bryansk region.

There are two youth sports schools in the city (Luch named after V. Fridzon and children's sports schools named after V. I. Shkurny), as well as an art and music school.

The city has the same name railway station of the Moscow Railway (on the Bryansk - Gomel line ).

From the city bus station, buses go to Moscow, Gomel , Bryansk , Orel , Kursk , Novozybkov , Smolevichi , Starodub .

• 87.5 Klinti FM
• 89.0 Radio Record
• 104.5 Russian radio

Also in Klintsy you can receive radio stations broadcasting from neighboring Unechi and Novozybkov .

• The building of the former town hall (end of the 18th century).
• The building of the former factory of D. S. Cherkassky (Cherkasov), later the male gymnasium, later the city council (XIX century).
• The building of the former female gymnasium (early XX century).
• The building of the former male gymnasium (early XX century).
• The building of the former school named after Korolenko (beginning of XX century. Now it has a draft board).
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (early 19th century).
• House of the manufacturer Baryshnikov (late XIX century).
• House of the manufacturer Sapozhkova (beginning of XX century).
• The building of the merchant assembly (beginning of XX century).
• Trading rows (grocery store "Moscow") (beginning of XX century).
• The building of the former church of St. Nicholas-Pustynsky Monastery (early XX century).
• Shmeleng House (XIX century).
• Old shopping arcade (beginning of XX century).
• The building of the almshouse (beginning of the XIX century).
• The building of the House of Soviets, designed by architect A.Z. Grinberg (1927 - early 1930s).
• Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (chapel of the Ascension Church), early XX century.
• Church of Peter and Paul, designed by architect K.A. Ton (1848).
• Former building of the Treasury (XIX century).
• The house of Kaydanov (XIX century).
• House of a notary Chikilevsky (beginning of XX century).
• Country house “Vyunki” by the manufacturer Sapozhkov (beginning of the 20th century) with a park (end of the 19th century).
• Fountain "Lovers".

Currently, correctional colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Bryansk Region is operating in the city. The institution was located on Parkovaya Street at the entrance to the village of May First.

In 1961, the former director of the brick factory I.Z. Uritsky was approved by the first head of the colony. It was then that brick factory No. 2 was transferred to the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR. Colony No. 6 was created on the basis of the enterprise. Ten years later, the production capacity of the colony began to produce 14 percent of the brick produced throughout the Bryansk region. Also, furniture was made on the territory.

Currently, brick kilns do not work, and woodworking production is developing in the institution, metal products are produced.

The main types of production activities: the production of wooden containers, the production of furniture on metal frames, woodworking products, baking bread, clothing manufacture, sawmilling, the production of stop pavilions ^[26] . The colony contains men condemned to the general regime. The limit of filling is 1650 seats.

Here ex-governor of the Bryansk region Nikolai Denin and former mayor of the city of Bryansk, Sergei Smirnov, were serving their sentences ^[27] .

•   Kyustendil , Bulgaria
•   Demre , Turkey ^[28]

• Klintsy, Posad of Chernihiv Province // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Klintsovsky portal
• List of cultural heritage sites of the city of Klintsy in Wikigid