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