The Smolensk region is one of the territorial subjects of the Russian Federation. It is located in the west of the Central Federal District, in Central Russia. The administrative center is the city of Smolensk. The city is closer to Minsk than to Moscow: the distance to the first is 331 km, and to the second – 365 km.
In the west the region has a border with Belarus. On the other three sides - with the regions of Russia. The area of the Smolensk region is 49,779 square meters. km, population – 949,348 people. Population density – 19.07 people/sq. km. The date of formation is September 27, 1937. The time corresponds to Moscow.
The Smolensk district of the Smolensk region is located in its western part. Its administrative center is the city of Smolensk.
Geography and economics
The region is located on the Russian Plain. The terrain is undulating and hilly. Among the minerals most often found are building materials, brown coal, and peat.
The climate is moderate continental. In January the average temperature reaches minus 7 degrees, and in July +18 degrees. The amount of precipitation per year is 630-730 mm.
Industry in the region is moderately developed. The most important are: electric power, mechanical engineering, chemical, jewelry and food industries.
Administrative division
The Smolensk region includes 24 districts, 23 urban settlements, 278 rural settlements and 2 urban districts (Smolensk and Desnogorsk). There are a total of 257 municipalities within the district of the same name. These include 207 rural settlements, 23 urban settlements, 25 municipal districts and 2 urban districts.
Coronavirus statistics in the Smolensk region as of February 9, 2022
According to the official Stopcoronavirus portal as of February 9, over the past 24 hours, 850 COVID-19 cases were identified in the Smolensk region. It is also reported that 273 Smolensk residents managed to cope with the disease. Unfortunately, 4 residents of the Smolensk region were unable to overcome the infection.
A total of 97,013 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the Smolensk region. 84,412 people have recovered from the infection. 2,645 Smolensk residents died.
As of 02/09/2022, 466,771 residents received the first component of the vaccine, and 445,727 people completed vaccination.
Smolensky district
This is one of the districts of the Smolensk region of Russia. Its center is the city of Smolensk. However, it is not part of the district itself. The climate in this region is humid and moderately cool. Summer is not hot, humid. Winter is moderate and snowy.
The Smolensk district is located in the west of the Smolensk region, but not on the very outskirts. In the north it borders with the Demidovsky district, in the southeast - with the Monastyrshchinsky and Pochinkovsky districts, in the east - with the Kardymovsky and Dukhovshchinsky districts, in the southwest - with the Rudnyansky and Krasninsky districts.
The area of the Smolensk region is 2895 square meters. km. Rivers such as the Dnieper, Nagat, Sozh, Olsha, and Stabna flow through it. Lake Kuprinskoye is located within this territorial entity.
The date of appearance of the district was 1929. The head of the administration of the Smolensk district of the Smolensk region is Olga Yuryevna Yazeva.
Urban and rural settlements
Velizh district
- Administrative center is the city of Velizh
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 180-z was transformed by combining them:
- Belyaevskoe, Budnitskoe and Krutovskoe rural settlements - into the Krutovskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Krutoe;
- Zaozerskoye, Pechenkovskoye and Pogorelskoye rural settlements - into Pechenkovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Pechenki;
- Seleznyovskoye and Sitkovskoye rural settlements - into Seleznyovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Selezny.
Vyazemsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Vyazma
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 64-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Andreikovskoe, Maslovskoe, Otnosovskoe and Khmelitskoe rural settlements - into the Andreikovskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Andreikovo;
- Kaidakovskoye, Efremovskoye and Yushkovskoye rural settlements - into Kaidakovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Kaidakovo;
- Novoselskoye and Kasnyanskoye rural settlements - into the Novoselskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Novoye Selo;
- Semlyovskoye, Zavodskoye, Kalpitskoye, Polyanovskoye and Rossiyskoye rural settlements - into Semlyovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Semlyovo;
- Stepanikovskoye and Isakovskoye rural settlements - into Stepanikovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Novy;
- Tumanovskoye, Ermolinskoye, Meshcherskoye, Tsarevo-Zaimishchenskoye and Shuyskoye rural settlements - into the Tumanovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Tumanovo.
Gagarinsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Gagarin
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 186-z was transformed by combining them:
- Elninskoye, Karmanovskoye and Samuylovskoye rural settlements - into the Karmanovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Karmanovo;
- Akatovskoye, Ashkovskoye, Baskakovskoye, Gagarinskoye, Prechistenskoye and Rodomanovskoye rural settlements - into the Gagarinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Klushino;
- Maltsevskoye, Nikolskoye, Pokrovskoye, Potapovskoye, Sergo-Ivanovskoye and Tokarevskoye rural settlements - into the Nikolskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Nikolskoye.
Glinkovsky district
- Administrative center - the village of Glinka
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 172-z was transformed by combining them:
- Berdnikovskoye and Boltutinskoye rural settlements - into Boltutinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Boltutino-1.
- Belokholmskoye, Dobrominskoye and Romodanovskoye rural settlements - into Dobrominskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Dobromino.
Demidovsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Demidov
By Law of the Smolensk Region of May 28, 2015 No. 73-z, the following municipalities were transformed by merging them:
- Baklanovskoye, Vorobyovskoye, Zaboryevskoye, Zakustishchenskoye and Kartsevskoye rural settlements in the Zaboryevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Zaborye;
- Borodinskoe, Dubrovskoe, Zhichitskoe, Zakrutskoe, Peresudovskoe, Poluyanovskoe, Titovshchinskoe and Shapovskoe rural settlements in the Titovshchinskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Titovshchina.
Dorogobuzhsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Dorogobuzh
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 60-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Aleksinskoye, Knyashchinskoye and Ushakovskoye rural settlements - into Aleksinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Aleksino;
- Mikhailovskoye, Vasinskoye, Polibinskoye and Frunzenskoye rural settlements - into the Mikhailovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Novo-Mikhailovskoye;
- Usvyatskoye, Balakirevskoye, Kuzinskoye, Sloykovskoye and Ozerishchenskoye rural settlements - into the Usvyatskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Sloikovo.
Dukhovshchinsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Dukhovshchina
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 188-z was transformed by combining them:
- Beresnevskoye and Bulgakovskoye - into the Bulgakovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bulgakovo.
- Dobrinskoye and Prechistenskoye rural settlements - into Prechistenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Prechistoye.
- Babinskoye and Tretyakovskoye rural settlements - into the Tretyakovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Tretyakovo.
Elninsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Yelnya
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 54-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Bobrovichskoye and Rozhdestvenskoye rural settlements - into Bobrovichskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bogoroditskoye;
- Korobetskoye, Mazovskoye, Proninskoye and Tereninskoye rural settlements - into Korobetskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Korobetskoye;
- Leonidovskoye, Malyshevskoye, Mutishchenskoye and Novospasskoye rural settlements - into Leonidovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Sharapovo.
Ershichi district
- Administrative center - the village of Ershichi
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 56-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Kuzmichskoe, Besedkovskoe, Sennyanskoe and Poselkovskoe rural settlements - into Kuzmichskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Karpovka;
- Ruhanskoye, Yegorovskoye and Sukromlyanskoye rural settlements - into Ruhanskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Yegorovka.
Kardymovsky district
- Administrative center is the village of Kardymovo
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 170-z was transformed by combining them:
- Berezkinskoe and Kamenskoe rural settlements - into the Kamenskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Kamenka.
- Pervomayskoye, Solovyovskoye and Shokinskoye rural settlements - into the Shokinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Shokino.
- Molkovskoye, Netrizovskoye and Tyushinskoye rural settlements - into Tyushinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Tyushino.
Krasninsky district
- Administrative center - town of Krasny
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 62-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Gusinskoye and Krasnovskoye rural settlements - into Gusinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Gusino;
- Maleevskoye, Viktorovskoye, Voloedovskoye, Glubokinskoye, Neykovskoye, Oktyabrskoye and Pavlovskoye rural settlements - into the Maleevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Maleevo;
- Merlinskoye, Mankovskoye and Volkovskoye rural settlements - into the Merlinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Merlino.
Monastyrshchinsky district
- Administrative center - urban-type settlement Monastyrshchina
By Law of the Smolensk Region of May 28, 2015 No. 78-z, the following municipalities were transformed by merging them:
- Gogolevskoye and Lyubavitch rural settlements into Gogolevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Gogolevka;
- Slobodskoye and Sobolevskoye rural settlements into Sobolevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Sobolevo;
- Dobroselskoye and Tatarskoye rural settlements into the Tatarskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Tatarsk.
Novoduginsky district
- Administrative center - the village of Novodugino
By Law of the Smolensk Region dated May 28, 2015 No. 71-z, the Kapustinskoye and Tesovskoye rural settlements were transformed, by merging them, into the Tesovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Tesovo.
Pochinkovsky district
- Administrative center - the city of Pochinok
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 178-z was transformed by combining them:
- Klimshchinskoye, Leninskoye, Striginskoye and Shmakovskoye rural settlements - into Leninskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Luchesa.
- Ivanovskoye, Losnenskoye, Muryginskoye and Peresnyanskoye rural settlements - into Muryginskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Murygino.
- Knyazhinskoye and Prudkovskoye rural settlements - into Prudkovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Prudki.
- Krasnoznamensky, Lysovsky and Stodolishchenskoye rural settlements - into the Stodolishchenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Stodolishchenskoye.
- Vaskovskoye, Dankovskoye and Shatalovskoye rural settlements - into the Shatalovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Shatalovo.
Roslavl district
- Administrative center is the city of Roslavl
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 190-z was transformed by combining them:
- Bogdanovskoye, Ekimovichskoye and Ivanovskoye rural settlements - into Ekimovichskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Ekimovichi.
- Astapkovichskoye, Lesnikovskoye and Khoroshovskoye rural settlements - into Astapkovichskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Astapkovichi.
- Osterskoye and Roslavlskoye rural settlements - into the Osterskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Oster.
- Volkovichskoye and Perenskoye rural settlements - into Perenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Perenka.
- Gryazenyatskoye and Lipovskoye rural settlements - into Lipovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Lipovka.
- Epishevskoye, Zharynskoye and Prigoryevskoye rural settlements - into Prigoryevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Prigory.
- Kostyrevskoye and Lyubovskoye rural settlements - into Lyubovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Koski.
- Krapivenskoye, Saveevskoye and Syrokorenskoye rural settlements - into Syrokorenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Novoselki.
Rudnyansky district
- Administrative center is the city of Rudnya
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 176-z was transformed by combining them:
- Kazimirovskoe and Lyubavich rural settlements - into Lyubavich rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Kazimirovo.
- Klyarinovskoye and Ponizovskoye rural settlements - into Ponizovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Ponizovye.
- Kruglovskoe and Perevolochskoe rural settlements - into Perevolochskoe rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Perevolochye.
- Smoligovskoye and Chistikovskoye rural settlements - into the Chistikovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Chistik.
Safonovsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Safonovo
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 184-z was transformed by combining them:
- Baranovskoye and Durovskoye rural settlements - into Baranovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Baranovo.
- Vadinskoye and Vasilievskoye rural settlements - into Vadinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Vadino.
- Vyshegorskoye and Drozdovskoye rural settlements - into the Vyshegorskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Vyshegorskoye.
- Ignatkovskoye and Izdeshkovskoye rural settlements - into Izdeshkovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Izdeshkovo.
- Bogdanovshchinskoye and Prudkovskoye rural settlements - into Prudkovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Prudki.
Smolensky district
- Administrative center is the city of Smolensk
Sychevsky district
- Administrative center is the city of Sychevka
By Law of the Smolensk Region of May 28, 2015 No. 69-z, the following municipalities were transformed by merging them:
- Duginskoye and Sutorminskoye rural settlements into Duginskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Dugino;
- Karavaevskoye, Bekhteevskoye, Seredskoye and Varaksinskoye rural settlements in the Karavaevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Karavaevo;
- Maltsevskoye and Lukinskoye rural settlements into Maltsevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Maltsevo;
- Nikolskoye, Subbotnikovskoye and Khlepenskoye rural settlements into Nikolskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Nikolskoye.
Tyomkinsky district
- Administrative center is the village of Tyomkino
The Law of the Smolensk Region of June 28, 2022 No. 83-z was transformed by combining them:
- Batyushkovskoye, Vasilyevskoye and Dolmatovskoye rural settlements - into Batyushkovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bekrino.
- Vyazishchenskoye, Kikinskoye and Medvedevskoye rural settlements - into Medvedevskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Vlasovo.
- Anosovskoye, Pavlovskoye and Selenskoye rural settlements - into Pavlovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bulgakovo.
Ugransky district
- Administrative center - the village of Ugra
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 58-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Vskhodskoye, Arnishitskoye, Kholmovskoye, Poldnevskoye, Zakharyevskoye and Klyuchikovskoye rural settlements - into the Vskhodskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Vskhody;
- Znamenskoye, Zhelaninskoye, Velikopolevskoye, Slobodskoye, Podsosonskoye, Vyoshkovskoye, Mikhalevskoye and Drozhzhinskoye rural settlements - into the Znamenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Znamenka;
- Ugranskoye, Rusanovskoye and Mytishinskoye rural settlements - into the Ugranskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Ugra.
Khislavichsky district
- Administrative center - urban-type settlement Khislavichi
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 174-z was transformed by combining them:
- Gorodishchenskoye, Iozefovskoye and Soinskoye rural settlements - into Gorodishchenskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Gorodishche.
- Kozhukhovichskoye and Kolesnikovskoye rural settlements - into Kozhukhovichskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bratkovaya.
- Korzovskoye and Upinskoye rural settlements - into Korzovo rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Korzovo.
- Mikshinskoye and Pecherskoye rural settlements - into the Pecherskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Pecherskaya Buda.
Kholm-Zhirkovsky district
- Administrative center is the village of Kholm-Zhirkovsky
The Law of the Smolensk Region of December 20, 2022 No. 182-z was transformed by combining them:
- Agibalovskoye, Pigulinskoye and Steshinskoye rural settlements - into Agibalovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Agibalovo.
- Baturinskoye, Bogdanovskoye and Tomskoye rural settlements - into the Bogdanovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Bogolyubovo.
- Bolyshevskoye, Kanyutinskoye, Lekhminskoye and Nakhimovskoye rural settlements - into the Lekhminskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Lekhmino.
- Nikitinskoye, Pechatnikovskoye and Tupikovskoye rural settlements - into Tupikovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the Vladimirsky Tupik station.
Shumyachsky district
- Administrative center - urban settlement Shumyachi
Yartsevo district
- Administrative center is the city of Yartsevo
By the Law of the Smolensk Region of May 25, 2022 No. 52-z, June 5, 2017, the following were transformed by merging them:
- Kapyrevshchinskoye, Krotovskoye, Lvovskoye, Miropolskoye and Repinskoye rural settlements - into Kapyrevshchinskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Kapyrevshchina;
- Mikheykovskoye and Zaitsevskoye rural settlements - into Mikheykovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Mikheykovo;
- Suetovskoye and Petrovskoye rural settlements - into Suetovskoye rural settlement with the administrative center in the village of Suetovo.
