Cholm-Zhirkovsky

Urban-type settlement Cholm -Zhirkovsky олм-Жирковский flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Smolensk Rajon Cholm-Zhirkovsky First mention 1708 Earlier names Cholm (until 1929) Urban-type settlement since 1971 population 3491 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 240  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48139 Post Code 215650 License Plate 67 OKATO 66 254 551 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 31 '  N , 33 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 30 '45 "  N , 33 ° 29' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Smolensk Oblast

Cholm-Schirkowski ( Russian Холм-Жирко́вский ) is an urban-type settlement in Smolensk Oblast in Russia with 3491 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 120 km as the crow flies northeast of the Smolensk Oblast Administrative Center not far from the left bank of the right Dnepr tributary Solja.

Kholm-zhirkovsky is the administrative center of the Rajons kholm-zhirkovsky and seat of the municipality of Chelm-Schirkowskoje gorodskoje posselenije, among which also 21 surrounding villages.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1708 as the village of Cholm ; this year is celebrated as the founding year. He subsequently belonged to the Ujesd Bely of the Smolensk Governorate . The village was later given the nickname Schirkowski (presumably) after a local landowner Schirkow in view of a large number of other localities called Cholm in the region; this form of name became official in 1929.

In 1861 it became the seat of a Volost , from which the Rajon of the same name emerged in 1929. During the Second World War , Cholm-Schirkowski was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from the beginning of October 1941 until it was recaptured by the Red Army on March 15, 1943 in the final phase of the Battle of Rzhev , during the German retreat known as the "Operation Buffalo Movement" .

In 1971, Cholm-Zhirkovsky received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	1436
1959	1444
1970	2204
1979	3035
1989	3666
2002	3826
2010	3491

Note: census data

traffic

Cholm-Schirkowski is located on the regional road 66K-27, which branches off the federal highway M1 in the neighboring district of Vyazma , about 60 km away to the south-east, and leads back to the west in a wide arc to the M1 at Jarzewo . In this direction, the nearest railway station Kanjutino is 15 km away on the branch line Durowo (near Safonowo ) - Vladimirsky Tupik . From Cholm-Schirkowski to the south there is also a connection via the 66K-21 to the M1 east of Safonowo, 40 km away, and to the north-west via the 66N-2305 to the border of Tver Oblast , further towards Bely.

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)