Glinkovsky District

Glinkovsky District (Russian: Гли́нковский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It lies in the center of the oblast and borders with Dorogobuzhsky District in the northeast, Yelninsky District in the southeast, Pochinkovsky District in the southwest, and with Kardymovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,225.74 square kilometers (473.26 sq mi).^[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Glinka.^[1] Population: 4,948 (2010 Census);^[2] 6,149 (2002 Census);^[5] 7,866 (1989 Soviet census).^[6]

Glinkovsky District Глинковский район
District
Village Monino (deserted), Glinkovsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Glinkovsky District in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°39′06″N 32°52′26″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Smolensk Oblast[1]
Established	1929
Administrative center	Glinka[1]
Area [1]
• Total	1,225.74 km2 (473.26 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	4,948
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	6 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities[1]	90 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Glinkovsky Municipal District[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMO ID	66609000
Website	http://glinka.admin-smolensk.ru/

The population of Glinka accounts for 39.3% of the district's total population.^[2] The settlement which became Glinka dates from 1898.^[7] On 1 June 1907 the railway station was renamed Glinka in honour of the composer Mikhail Glinka^[8] (died February 1857).

Geography

Glinkovsky District is located on the Smolensk Upland. The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Rivers in the north and in the center of the district drain to the Dnieper directly. The biggest of them are the Ustrom and the Volost. Minor areas in the south of the district belong to the drainage basins of the Desna and the Sozh, major left tributaries of the Dnieper. The Dnieper itself makes part of the border with Kardymovsky District.

History

The area in the Middle Ages belonged intermittently to the Principality of Smolensk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and Poland. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into Smolensk Governorate and remained there until 1929, with the exception of the brief periods between 1713 and 1726, when it belonged to Riga Governorate, and between 1775 and 1796, when Smolensk Governorate was transformed into Smolensk Viceroyalty. It was split between Smolensky and Yelninsky Uyezd. Glinka was founded in 1898 as a settlement serving Sovkino railway station and was renamed in 1907 to commemorate the composer Mikhail Glinka who was born in the selo of Novospasskoye close by.^[9] In October 1928, Yelninsky Uyezd was abolished and split between Smolensky, Roslavlsky, and Vyazemsky Uyezds.^[10][11]

On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Glinkovsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Glinka was established on the territories which previously belonged to Yelninsky and Smolensky Uyezds. The district belonged to Smolensk Okrug of Western Oblast. On August 1, 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were subordinated directly to the oblast. On 27 September 1937 Western Oblast was abolished and split between Oryol and Smolensk Oblasts. Glinkovsky District was transferred to Smolensk Oblast. Between 1941 and 1943, during WWII, the district was occupied by German troops. On 21 August 1961, Glinkovsky District was merged into Yelninsky District, but on 20 October 1980 it was re-established.^[12][11]

Economy

Industry

There are no large-scale industrial enterprises in the district. There are plans to build a cement plant and to develop timber industry.^[13]

Agriculture

The main agricultural specialization of the district is cattle breeding with milk and meat production.^[13]

Transportation

The railway connecting Smolensk and Sukhinichi via Spas-Demensk crosses the district from northwest to southeast. Glinka is the largest railway station in the district. There is infrequent passenger navigation.

Glinka has connections to roads connecting Yelnya and Pochinok, as well as Yelnya and Safonovo (with further access to the M1 highway connecting Moscow and Smolensk).

The Dnieper is navigable within the district, however, there is no organized navigation.^[14]

References

Notes

1. Resolution #261
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. Law #85-z
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
6. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
7. "Смоленская область" [Smolensk oblast']. Энциклопедия «Вокруг света» (in Russian). Vokrug sveta. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2014. Историческое название административного центра, время первого упоминания или основания [...] 1898 [Historical naming of the administrative centre, date of the first mention or of the founding [...] 1898]
8. Историческая справка [Historical summary] (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2014. Село возникло в 1898 году на месте бывшей ж. д. станции Совкино (Рязано - Уральской ж. д.). 1 июня 1907 года станция переименована в с. Глинка в честь великого русского композитора М.И. Глинки.
9. "Уникальная Смоленщина: Глинковский район" (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. July 1, 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
10. Москалев, О.Л. "История системы образования" (in Russian). Museum of History of Education of Smolensk Oblast. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
11. "Историческая справка" (in Russian). Glinkovsky District Administration. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
12. Борис Парфенов; Ольга Хоренженкова. "К истории формирования Смоленской области" (in Russian). Смоленск. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
13. "Инвестиционный паспорт Глинковского района" (PDF) (in Russian). Smolensk Oblast Administration. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
14. Н.И. Алексеевский, В.А. Жук. "Днепр" (in Russian). Вода России. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

Sources

• Администрация Смоленской области. Постановление №261 от 30 апреля 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Смоленской области», в ред. Постановления №464 от 27 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в реестр административно-территориальных единиц и территориальных единиц Смоленской области». Опубликован: База данных "Консультант-плюс". (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. ).
• Смоленская областная Дума. Закон №85-з от 2 декабря 2004 г. «О наделении статусом муниципального района муниципального образования "Глинковский район" Смоленской области, об установлении границ муниципальных образований, территории которых входят в его состав, и наделении их статусом сельских поселений», в ред. Закона №90-з от 31 октября 2011 г. «О внесении изменений в областной Закон "О наделении статусом муниципального района муниципального образования "Глинковский район" Смоленской области, об установлении границ муниципальных образований, территории которых входят в его состав, и наделении их соответствующим статусом"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Смоленской областной Думы и Администрации Смоленской области", №12, часть II, стр. 258, 5 декабря 2004 г. (Smolensk Oblast Duma. Law #85-z of December 2, 2004 On Granting the Status of the Municipal District to the Municipal Formation of "Glinkovsky District" of Smolensk Oblast, on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Whose Territories It Comprises, and on Granting Them Rural Settlement Status, as amended by the Law #90-z of October 31, 2011 On Amending the Oblast Law "On Granting the Status of the Municipal District to the Municipal Formation of "Glinkovsky District" of Smolensk Oblast, on Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Whose Territories It Comprises, and on Granting Them Rural Settlement Status". Effective as of the official publication date.).