Zlynkovsky District
# Zlynkovsky District

Zlynkovsky District (Russian: Злы́нковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 741 square kilometers (286 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Zlynka. Population: 11,610 (2021 Census); 12,917 (2010 Census); 14,056 (2002 Census); 17,205 (1989 Census). The population of Zlynka accounts for 45.4% of the district's total population.

## Ecological problems

As a result of the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, part of the territory of Bryansk Oblast has been contaminated with radionuclides (mainly Zlynkovsky, Gordeyevsky, Klimovsky, Klintsovsky, Krasnogorsky, Surazhsky, and Novozybkovsky Districts). In 1999, some 226,000 people lived in areas with the contamination level above 5 $Curie/km^2,$ representing approximately 16% of the oblast's population.

