Navlya, Bryansk Oblast

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Navlya is an urban-type settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Navlinsky District and has about 15,500 residents (2021).

Founded in 1904 for the Moscow–Kiev–Voronezh railway, Navlya has been considered a town since 1938. It was occupied by German forces from November 1941 to September 1943 during World War II. Guerrilla groups operated in the nearby woods, and an underground Komsomol group worked in the town.

Navlya has several industries, including a repair plant, an Auto Aggregate Plant (making drive shafts), the Promsvyaz factory (equipment for cable lines), a food factory, and asphalt production.

The town features the Museum of Partisan Glory, the Memory Wall with a bust of partisan commander Peter Derevyanko, and a monument to the 10th separate tank brigade near an IS-2 tank. Other monuments include a Lenin statue, a stele commemorating the city’s liberation, and memorials for the defenders and civilians. There is also a monument to the defenders in the park, and a monument to the Chernobyl liquidators.