Administrative divisions of Smolensk Oblast

Smolensk Oblast
Oblast
Смоленская область
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°00′N33°00′E / 55.000°N 33.000°E / 55.000; 33.000
Country	Russia
Federal district	Central [1]
Economic region	Central [2]
Administrative center	Smolensk [3]
Government
• Body	Oblast Duma [4]
•  Governor [5]	Vasily Anokhin [6]
Area [7]
• Total	49,779 km2 (19,220 sq mi)
• Rank	53rd
Population  (2021 census) [8]
• Total	888,421
• Estimate  (January 2014) [9]	967,900
• Rank	57th
• Density	17.847/km2 (46.224/sq mi)
•  Urban	72.6%
•  Rural	27.4%
Time zone	UTC+ ( [10] )
ISO 3166 code	RU-SMO
License plates	67
Official languages	Russian [11]
Website	admin-smolensk.ru

Administrative divisions of Smolensk Oblast

List

• Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction:
  • Smolensk (Смоленск) (administrative center)
    • city districts:
      • Leninsky (Ленинский)
      • Promyshlenny (Промышленный)
      • Zadneprovsky (Заднепровский)
  • Desnogorsk (Десногорск)
• Districts:
  • Demidovsky (Демидовский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Demidov (Демидов)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Przhevalskoye resort settlement (Пржевальское)
    • with 16 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Dorogobuzhsky (Дорогобужский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Dorogobuzh (Дорогобуж)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Verkhnedneprovsky (Верхнеднепровский)
    • with 12 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Dukhovshchinsky (Духовщинский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Dukhovshchina (Духовщина)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Ozyorny (Озёрный)
    • with 6 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Gagarinsky (Гагаринский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Gagarin (Гагарин)
    • with 15 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Glinkovsky (Глинковский)
    • with 6 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Kardymovsky (Кардымовский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Kardymovo (Кардымово)
    • with 8 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Khislavichsky (Хиславичский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Khislavichi (Хиславичи)
    • with 11 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Kholm-Zhirkovsky (Холм-Жирковский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Kholm-Zhirkovsky (Холм-Жирковский)
    • with 15 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Krasninsky (Краснинский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Krasny (Красный)
    • with 12 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Monastyrshchinsky (Монастырщинский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Monastyrshchina (Монастырщина)
    • with 9 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Novoduginsky (Новодугинский)
    • with 6 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Pochinkovsky (Починковский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Pochinok (Починок)
    • with 16 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Roslavlsky (Рославльский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Roslavl (Рославль)
    • with 21 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Rudnyansky (Руднянский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Rudnya (Рудня)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Golynki (Голынки)
    • with 8 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Safonovsky (Сафоновский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Safonovo (Сафоново)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Izdeshkovo (Издешково) ^[12]
    • with 16 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Shumyachsky (Шумячский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Shumyachi (Шумячи)
    • with 7 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Smolensky (Смоленский)
    • with 19 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Sychyovsky (Сычёвский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Sychyovka (Сычёвка)
    • with 11 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Tyomkinsky (Тёмкинский)
    • with 10 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Ugransky (Угранский)
    • Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Ugra (Угра)
    • with 16 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Velizhsky (Велижский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Velizh (Велиж)
    • with 9 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Vyazemsky (Вяземский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Vyazma (Вязьма)
    • with 22 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Yartsevsky (Ярцевский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Yartsevo (Ярцево)
    • with 11 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Yelninsky (Ельнинский)
    • Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
      • Yelnya (Ельня)
    • with 11 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.
  • Yershichsky (Ершичский)
    • with 9 rural okrugs under the district's jurisdiction.

Summary table

Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Administrative center: Smolensk
As of 2013: [13]
Number of districts (районы)	25
Number of cities/towns (города)	15
Number of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа)	12
Number of rural okrugs (сельские округа)	302
As of 2002: [14]
Number of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты)	4,894
Number of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения)	488

References

1. Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
2. Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
3. Charter of Smolensk Oblast, Article 17
4. Charter of Smolensk Oblast, Article 23
5. Charter of Smolensk Oblast, Article 33
6. "Putin dismissed the governor of the Smolensk region". Novaya Gazeta Europe (in Russian). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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8. "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service . Retrieved 1 September 2022.
9. Smolensk Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения Смоленской области (на начало года) (in Russian)
10. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
11. Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
12. On 27 October 2011 Izdeshkovo was downgraded to selo, see "ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ от 27 октября 2011 года N 669 О реорганизации в форме преобразования территориальной единицы Смоленской области - поселка городского типа Издешково, расположенной на территории Издешковского городского поселения Сафоновского района Смоленской области" (in Russian). Smolensk Oblast Duma.
13. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 66», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 66 , as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
14. Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine