Smelowka (Saratov)

Village Smelovka Smelovka Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Angel Founded 1842 population 269 ​​inhabitants (as of 2009) Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 4 Post Code 413152 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 250 860 003 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 17 '  N , 45 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '0 "  N , 45 ° 56' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

Smelowka ( Russian Смеловка ) is a village (selo) in Engels Raion in Saratov Oblast with 269 inhabitants (2009).

Memorial at the place of Gagarin's landing near Smelowka (on the 49th anniversary, April 12, 2010)

location

The village belongs to the rural municipality Ternowskoje selskoje posselenije and is located about 3 km from the administrative seat of the municipality, the village of Ternowka , and 25 km from the center of the town of Engels in a southerly direction. It is located on the left, flat bank of the Volga , which is still in the area of ​​the Volgograd reservoir and is a good ten kilometers wide. The Ternowka brook flows into the Volga between Ternowka and Smelowka.

The regional road R226, which has not yet been completed on all sections, passes to the east of the place and is supposed to connect Samara along the left Volga via Engels with Volschski (opposite Volgograd ).

history

The village was founded in 1842.

Yuri Gagarin landed near Smelowka on April 12, 1961 after the first manned space flight in human history ( Vostok 1 ). At the point four kilometers southeast of the place there is now a memorial complex (officially "Architectural Complex Gagarin Field ", Russian Gagarinskoje pole ).

Web links

Commons : Gagarin-Feld architectural complex  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ternowka parish on the Rajon Administration website (Russian)
2. ↑ Local history  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Ternowka Middle School (Russian)