Agaponovo | |
Native Name: | Агапоново |
Native Name Lang: | Русский |
Other Name: | Гапоново |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Smolensk Oblast#Russia |
Coordinates: | 54.9617°N 31.6317°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Name1: | Smolensk |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Smolensky District |
Pop: | 133 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2 |
Agaponovo (Russian: link=no|Агапо́ново) is a rural locality (a village) in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located 30km (20miles) north-west of Smolensk. Population of Agaponovo is 133. Anatoly Ivanovich Mishnev, a Russian politician, is a native of this village.[1]
This village is located in Smolensk region, district of Smolensk. It is also part of Novocolony. Village is located 14 km of a rail-road station which connects Moscow and Vitebsk. There is a hotel "Borvicha"[2]
Earlier it had had another name – Gaponovo. The Nazi army had occupied it in July 1941. Agaponovo was liberated by The Red Army 26 September 1943.[3]