Kardymovo

Kardymovo (English)
Кардымово (Russian)
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Location of Smolensk Oblast in Russia
Kardymovo
Location of Kardymovo in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°53′24″N 32°25′54″E / 54.89000°N 32.43167°E / 54.89000; 32.43167Coordinates: 54°53′24″N 32°25′54″E / 54.89000°N 32.43167°E / 54.89000; 32.43167
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Smolensk Oblast
Municipal status
Municipal district Kardymovsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Kardymovsky Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Kardymovsky Municipal District, Kardymovsky Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,852 inhabitants[1]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[2]
First mentioned 1859
Town status since 1979
Postal code(s)[3] 215850
Dialing code(s) +7 48167
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Kardymovo (Russian: Кардымово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Kardymovsky District.

Geography

The town is located on the railway Smolensk-Moscow, 28 km north-east of Smolensk. Through the settlement flows the Khmost River, a tributary of the Dnieper.

History

Kardymovo the first time mentioned in the list of populated areas for the year 1859. In 1979 the settlement was granted urban-type settlement status.

In 2009 part of the village. Kardymovo was included in the boundaries of the village Pischulino (Russian: Пищулино) in Berezkinsky Rural Okrug.

Landmarks

Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother is located in the settlement as well as the Kardymovsky District Local History Museum The museum exhibition devoted to the history Kardymovsky District and talks about the monuments of archeology, old Smolensk road, the War of 1812, Battle of Smolensk in 1941, the occupation area of 1941-1943, partisan and underground struggle in the region and the 312th Infantry Division that liberated Kardymovo. The museum has an interesting exhibition on the ethnography of the area. Here are the household items and tools, clothing and other stuff.

References

  1. 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
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