Glinka, Smolensk Oblast
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Glinka
Глинка | |
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Settlement[1] | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Glinka  | |
  Glinka Location of Glinka  Glinka Glinka (Smolensk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 54°38′30″N 32°52′26″E / 54.64167°N 32.87389°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Glinkovsky District[1] |
| Selsoviet | Glinkovsky Selsoviet[1] |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,942 |
| • Capital of | Glinkovsky District, Glinkovsky Selsoviet[1] |
| • Municipal district | Glinkovsky Municipal District[3] |
| • Rural settlement | Glinkovskoye Rural Settlement[3] |
| • Capital of | Glinkovsky Municipal District[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 216320 |
| OKTMO ID | 66609411101 |
Glinka (Russian: Глинка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Glinkovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. Population: 1,942 (2010 Census);[2] 2,017 (2002 Census);[7] 2,283 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Glinka was founded in 1898 as a settlement serving Sovkino railway station and was renamed, together with the station, in 1907 to commemorate the composer Mikhail Glinka who was born in the selo of Novospasskoye close by.[9] It belonged to Yelninsky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate. 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 Glinka was established. 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, Glinka 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]