urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) in
Smolensk Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is the
administrative center
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of
Kardymovsky District
Kardymovsky District (russian: Карды́мовский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #87-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and bo ...
.
Geography
The town is located on the railway Smolensk-Moscow, 28 km north-east of
Smolensk
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...
. Through the settlement flows the Khmost River, a tributary of the
Dnieper
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.
Climate
Kardymovo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'' in the
Köppen climate classification
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).
History
Kardymovo is mentioned for the first time in a list of populated areas for 1859. It belonged to Tsurikovskaya Volost of
Smolensky Uyezd Smolensky Uyezd (''Смоленский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Smolensk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Smolensk.
Demographics
At the t ...
of
Smolensk Governorate
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, later to Nadvinskaya Volost of Dukhovshhinsky Uyezd. The settlement developed around Kamenka railway station and incorporated the village of Kamenka. In 1924, it became the center of Kardymovskaya Volost of Smolensky Uyezd, also of Smolensk Governorate. On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Kardymovsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Kardymovo was established. The district belonged to
Smolensk Okrug
Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest c ...
of
Western Oblast
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. On August 1, 1930 the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were subordinated directly to the oblast. On 20 November 1930 Kardymovsky District was abolished and merged into
Smolensky District
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* Smolensky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai Krai
* Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, an administrative and muni ...
. On 18 January 1935 Kardymovsky District was re-established. On 27 September 1937 Western Oblast was abolished and split between
Oryol
Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fed ...
and Smolensk Oblasts. Kardymovsky District was transferred to Smolensk Oblast. Between 1941 and September 1943, during WWII, the district was occupied by German troops. On 1 February 1963, Kardymovsky District was merged into Smolensky and Yartsevsky Districts, but on 23 March 1977 it was re-established. Between 1963 and 1977, Kardymovo was the center of Kardymovsky Selsoviet of Yartsevsky District. In 1979, Kardymovo was made an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
.
Economy
Industry
In Kardymovo, there is a beer production plant, as well as enterprises of plastic, rubber, and equipment production.
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother is located in the settlement as well as the Kardymovsky District Local History Museum
The museum exhibition devoted to the history Kardymovsky District and talks about the monuments of archeology, old Smolensk road, the
War of 1812
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, Battle of Smolensk in 1941, the occupation area of 1941-1943, partisan and underground struggle in the region and the 312th Infantry Division that liberated Kardymovo.
The museum has an interesting exhibition on the ethnography of the area. Here are the household items and tools, clothing and other stuff.