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Dukhovshchinsky Uyezd,
Dukhovshchinsky (masculine), Dukhovshchinskaya (feminine), or Dukhovshchinskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Dukhovshchinsky District, a district of Smolensk Oblast, Russia *Dukhovshchinskoye Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Dukhovshchina Dukhovshchina (russian: Духовщина) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Oblast, a town in Dukhovshchinsky District of Smolensk Oblast ;Rural localities * Dukhovshchina, Irkutsk ... and one rural locality in Dukhovshchinsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as * 267th Dukhovshchinsky Infantry Regiment, namesake of an Imperial Russian Army regiment during World War I {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukhovshchinsky District
Dukhovshchinsky District (russian: Духовщи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #105-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Belsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Kholm-Zhirkovsky District in the northeast, Yartsevsky District in the east, Kardymovsky District in the south, Smolensky District in the southwest, Demidovsky District in the west, and with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Dukhovshchina. Population: 16,658 ( 2010 Census); The population of Dukhovshchina accounts for 42.4% of the district's total population. Geography The area of the district is split between the drainage basins of the Dnieper (south and center) and the Western Dvina rivers (north). The main rivers in district are the Arzhat in the basin of the Western Dvina, the Gobz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Oblast
Dukhovshchina (russian: Духовщи́на; be, Духаўшчына) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Dukhovshchinsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vostitsa River northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Climate Dukhovshchina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the Köppen climate classification). History Dukhovshchina developed on the spot of the Dukhov Monastery, established at some point in the 15th century. It was granted town status in 1777. It was captured by Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Battle of Smolensk (1812), 1812 Battle of Smolensk and was occupied during World War II by the Wehrmacht from July 15, 1941 to September 19, 1943. According to the 1939 census, 102 Jews were living in Dukhovshchina. The Jews were forced to work after the German invasion. The Jews were gathered in a ghetto, which was liquidated in the summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |