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Tyomkino, Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement, Tyomkinsky District, Smolensk Oblast

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Tyomkino
Тёмкино
Settlement[1]
Location of Tyomkino
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Tyomkino is located in Russia
Tyomkino
Tyomkino
Location of Tyomkino
Tyomkino is located in Smolensk Oblast
Tyomkino
Tyomkino
Tyomkino (Smolensk Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°04′39″N 35°00′43″E / 55.07750°N 35.01194°E / 55.07750; 35.01194
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSmolensk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtTyomkinsky District[1]
SelsovietTyomkinsky Selsoviet[1]
Founded1874Edit this on Wikidata
Area
 • Total
5.73 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Elevation
197 m (646 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total
1,942
 • Estimate 
(2018)
2,346
 • Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
 • Capital ofTyomkinsky District, Tyomkinsky Selsoviet[1]
 • Municipal districtTyomkinsky Municipal District[3]
 • Rural settlementTyomkinskoye Rural Settlement[3]
 • Capital ofTyomkinsky Municipal District[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
215350
Dialing code(s)+7 48136
OKTMO ID66648450101

Tyomkino (Russian: Тёмкино) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tyomkinsky District in Smolensk Oblast of Russia. Population: 2,414 (2010 Census);[2] 2,452 (2002 Census);[7] 2,764 (1989 Soviet census).[8]

History

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Tyomkino was occupied by German forces during World War II and is still surrounded by a series of trenches and fortifications. The site of fierce fighting, munitions are still regularly unearthed in its fields.

Tourism and recreation

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Tyomkino is a popular holiday destination, with its pure underground springs believed to have healing and recuperative powers.

Religion

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Believed to be the final resting place of Saint Makaria, it has become a place of pilgrimage for followers of the Russian Orthodox faith. She was canonized for her powers of healing.

A new Russian Orthodox Church, constructed entirely of wood, has recently been built in Tyomkino.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Resolution #261
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ a b Law #85-z
  4. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 66 609 411 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 66 609 411 101. ).
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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