Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Oblast
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Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dukhovshchina (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Dukhovshchinsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vostitsa River Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
Geography
Climate
Dukhovshchina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was captured by Napoleon's Grande Armée during the 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 summer of 1942. During this time, 300 Jews perished in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.[3]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dukhovshchina serves as the administrative center of Dukhovshchinsky District.[4] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the settlement of Lnozavod), incorporated within Dukhovshchinsky District as Dukhovshchinskoye Urban Settlement.[4] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Dukhovshchinsky Municipal District.[5]
References
Notes
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Sources
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Administration of Smolensk Oblast. Resolution #261 of April 30, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Territorial Units of Smolensk Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #464 of June 27, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Territorial Units of Smolensk Oblast. ).
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External links
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- Official website of Dukhovshchina Template:In lang
- Dukhovshchina Business Directory Template:In lang
- Mojgorod.ru. Entry on Dukhovshchina Template:In lang
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