Tyomkino, Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement, Tyomkinsky District, Smolensk Oblast Explained

En Name:Tyomkino
Ru Name:Тёмкино
Map Label Position:bottom
Federal Subject:Smolensk Oblast
Federal Subject Ref:[1]
Adm District Jur:Tyomkinsky District
Adm Selsoviet Jur:Tyomkinsky Selsoviet
Adm Ctr Of:Tyomkinsky District, Tyomkinsky Selsoviet
Inhabloc Cat:Selo
Inhabloc Type:Settlement
Mun District Jur:Tyomkinsky Municipal District
Mun District Jur Ref:[2]
Rural Settlement Jur:Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of1:Tyomkinsky Municipal District
Area Km2:5.73
Pop 2010Census:1942
Pop Latest:2346
Pop Latest Date:2018
Postal Codes:215350
Dialing Codes:48136

Tyomkino (Russian: Тёмкино) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tyomkinsky District in Smolensk Oblast of Russia. Population:

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.

Notes and References

  1. Resolution #261
  2. Law #85-z