Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, Smolenskaya oblast; informal name — Smolenschina is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative centre is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 985,537.
The State Duma, commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma, is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house is the Council of the Federation. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved by the Russian people in a referendum.
Roslavl is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is a road and rail junction and a market town. Population: 54,900 (2010 Census); 57,701 (2002 Census); 60,470 (1989 Census).
Desnogorsk is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Desna River 153 kilometers (95 mi) southeast of Smolensk. Population: 29,677 (2010 Census); 32,070 (2002 Census); 32,302 (1989 Census). Desnogorsk is located on the banks of the Desna River and is surrounded by Roslavlsky District.
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov was a Russian Communist politician who was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between 15 March 1990 and 4 September 1991. One of the founders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in 1993, he was described by its leader Gennady Zyuganov as having been the Deng Xiaoping of the party. He published books of poetry under his own name and under the pseudonyms Osenev (Осенев) and Dneprov (Днепров).
Andrey Anatoliyevich Andreyev, born 24 May 1976 in Tomsk, Soviet Union, is a Russian politician.
Vladimir Dmitrievich Ulas is a Russian politician from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and a colonel in the Russian Air Force. The head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation's Moscow committee since 2004. He was elected as a representative of the State Duma in 2007.
Nikolai Vladimirovich Levichev is a Russian politician. Since February 24, 2016, he has been a member of Central Election Commission of Russia.
Pochinkovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast and borders with Kardymovsky District in the north, Glinkovsky District in the northeast, Yelninsky District in the east, Roslavlsky District in the southeast, Shumyachsky District in the south, Khislavichsky District in the southwest, Monastyrshchinsky District in the west, and with Smolensky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,380.75 square kilometers (919.21 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pochinok. Population: 30,959 ; 37,537 (2002 Census); 44,162 (1989 Census). The population of Pochinok accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.
Roslavlsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Yelninsky District in the north, Spas-Demensky District, of Kaluga Oblast, in the northeast, Kuybyshevsky District, also of Kaluga Oblast, in the east, Rognedinsky District of Bryansk Oblast in the southeast, Dubrovsky District, also of Bryansk Oblast, in the south, Yershichsky District in the southwest, Shumyachsky District in the west, and with Pochinkovsky District in the northwest. The territory of the town of Desnogorsk is enclosed from all sides by Roslavlsky District. The area of the district is 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Roslavl. Population: 76,100 ; 81,307 (2002 Census); 61,000 (1989 Census). The population of Roslavl accounts for 72.1% of the district's total population.
Shumyachsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Khislavichsky District in the north, Pochinkovsky District in the northwest, Roslavlsky District in the east, Yershichsky District in the southeast, Klimavichy District of Mogilev Region of Belarus in the south, and with Krychaw and Mstsislaw Districts, also of Mogilev Region, in the west. The area of the district is 1,367.70 square kilometers (528.07 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Shumyachi. Population: 10,713 ; 14,032 (2002 Census); 17,678 (1989 Census). The population of Shumyachi accounts for 39.5% of the district's total population.
Smolensky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Demidovsky District in the north, Dukhovshchinsky District in the northeast, Kardymovsky District in the east, Pochinkovsky District in the south, Monastyrshchinsky District in the southwest, Krasninsky District in the west, and with Rudnyansky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,494.98 square kilometers (963.32 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Smolensk. Population: 44,964 ; 47,281 (2002 Census); 50,620 (1989 Census).
Yershichsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Roslavlsky District in the north, Dubrovsky District of Bryansk Oblast in the east, Kletnyansky District, also of Bryansk Oblast, in the south, Khotsimsk District of Mogilev Region of Belarus in the southwest, Klimavichy District of Mogilev Region in the west, and with Shumyachsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,039.00 square kilometers (401.16 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality of Yershichi. Population: 7,102 ; 8,859 (2002 Census); 11,544 (1989 Census). The population of Yershichi accounts for 44.6% of the district's total population.
The General Jewish Labour Bund in Lithuania, Poland and Russia, generally called The Bund or the Jewish Labour Bund, was a secular Jewish socialist party initially formed in the Russian Empire and active between 1897 and 1920. In 1917 the Polish part of the Bund, which dated to the times when Poland was a Russian territory, seceded from the Russian Bund and created a new Polish General Jewish Labour Bund which continued to operate in Poland in the years between the two world wars. The majority faction of the Russian Bund was dissolved in 1921 and incorporated into the Communist Party. Other remnants of the Bund endured in various countries. A member of the Bund was called a Bundist.
The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament. The 3rd convocation met at the State Duma building in Moscow from December 19, 1999 to December 7, 2003.
Shumyachi is an urban locality and the administrative center of Shumyachsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,227 (2010 Census); 4,731 (2002 Census); 5,724 (1989 Census).
Nikolai Pavlovich Chaplin was a Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol from 1924 to 1928 as well as the first Chairman of the Young Pioneers movement in 1922.
The People's Party of Russia was a Russian center-left political party created by political strategist Andrei Bogdanov, which existed in 2012-2019. Journalists often called it the spoiler party.
Aleksey Yuryevich Russkikh, is a Russian statesman and politician who is currently the acting Governor of the Ulyanovsk Oblast since 8 April 2021.
Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev was a Soviet military and statesman. Lieutenant general of the Technical Troops (1943). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 2nd Convocation (1946–1950).
