Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast
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 Soviet census). The population of Pochinok accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.
Memorial to Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District
Pochinok railway station
Kardymovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Dukhovshchinsky District in the north, Yartsevsky District in the northeast, Dorogobuzhsky District in the east, Glinkovsky District in the southeast, Pochinkovsky District in the south, and with Smolensky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,093.15 square kilometers (422.07 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Kardymovo. Population: 11,852 ; 12,521 (2002 Census); 13,505 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kardymovo accounts for 39.3% of the district's total population.
A bridge over the Dnieper near the village of Solovyovo in Kardymovsky District