Dmitrovsk is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District

Dmitrovsky District, Oryol Oblast

Dmitrovsky District, Oryol Oblast is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 24 in Oryol Oblast, Russia....

 of Oryol Oblast

Oryol Oblast

Oryol Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Population: -Geography:It is located in the southwestern part of the Central Federal District, in the Mid-Russian Highlands. Kaluga and Tula Oblasts border it in the north, Bryansk Oblast is located to...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located on the Obshcheritsa River

Obshcheritsa River

Obshcheritsa River is a river in Oryol Oblast, Russia....

 near its confluence

Confluence

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

 with the Nerussa, 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) southwest of Oryol

Oryol

Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow...

. Population:

It was founded in 1711 as the village of Dmitriyevka . After a church was built there, it obtains the status of a selo and is renamed Dmitrovka . It was granted town status in 1782, and renamed Dmitrovsk-Orlovsky in 1929. In 2005 it received its present name of Dmitrovsk.