Tyomkino, Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement, Tyomkinsky District, Smolensk Oblast

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 Census).[8]

Tyomkino Тёмкино
Settlement[1]
Location of Tyomkino
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Coordinates:
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Smolensk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Tyomkinsky District[1]
Selsoviet	Tyomkinsky Selsoviet[1]
Founded	1874
Area
• Total	5.73 km^2 (2.21 sq mi)
Elevation	197 m (646 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	1,942
• Estimate  (2018)	2,346
• Density	340/km^2 (880/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Tyomkinsky District, Tyomkinsky Selsoviet[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Tyomkinsky Municipal District[3]
• Rural settlement	Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Tyomkinsky Municipal District[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	215350
Dialing code(s)	+7 48136
OKTMO ID	66648450101

History

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

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

Religion

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

1. Resolution #261
2. 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. 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. Russian 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.