Shumyachi

Urban-type settlement Shumyachy умячи Federal district Central Russia Oblast Smolensk Rajon Shumyachsky Founded 1587 Urban-type settlement since 1965 population 4227 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48133 Post Code 216410 License Plate 67 OKATO 66 256 551 Website gp-shum.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 51 '  N , 32 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '15 "  N , 32 ° 25' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Smolensk Oblast

Shumyachi ( Russian Шумя́чи ) is an urban-type settlement in Smolensk Oblast in Russia with 4227 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 100 km as the crow flies south of the Smolensk Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the left Ostjor tributary Shumyachka . It is about twelve kilometers from the state border with Belarus .

Schumjatschi is the administrative center of the Rajons Schumjatschski and seat and only town of the municipality Schumjatschskoje gorodskoje posselenije.

history

The place was first mentioned in a Lithuanian document in 1587 . In the 18th century, Shumyachi became the administrative seat of a Volost des Ujesds Klimowitschi of the Mogilev governorate . By the beginning of the 20th century, the place developed into one of the many shtetls in the region; the Jewish share of the population was over half.

In 1929, Shumyachi became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. During the Second World War it was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from August 1, 1941 to September 27, 1943 . During this time, the entire Jewish population was in fact exterminated, mostly shot on site.

In 1965 the place received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	3991
1939	3465
1959	2704
1970	4258
1979	5170
1989	5724
2002	4731
2010	4227

Note: census data

traffic

A few kilometers south of the settlement, the federal highway A130 runs from Moscow via Roslavl to the Belarusian border in the direction of Babrujsk .

The nearest railway station, Ponyatovka, was located seven kilometers south of Shumyatschi at 491 km of the Baranavichy  - Krytschau  - Roslavl - Sukhinichi line that was opened on this section in 1931 . This was but after the collapse of the Soviet Union on the cross-border section Krychaw - shut down Roslavl after to the border last even by 30 km east-northeast located Roslavl along the route Oryol  - Bryansk  Smolensk as - siding has traveled sporadically in freight transport.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Samuil Rossin (1892–1941), Soviet-Yiddish poet
• Heorhij Tassin (1895–1956), Ukrainian film director

Web links

• Official website of the municipal 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)