Yelnya is a village in the Rudnyansky district of the Smolensk region of Russia . Part of the Smoligovsky rural settlement. As of 2007, there is no permanent population.
| Village | |
| Yelnya | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal district | Rudnyansky |
| Rural settlement | Smigovskoe |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 0.04 km² |
| Climate type | moderate continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 people ( 2007 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 48141 |
| Postcode | 216750 |
| OKATO code | 66238815022 |
| OKTMO code | |
It is located in the western part of the region, 21 km southeast of Rudny , 7 km north of the Belarus highway M1 , on the banks of the Yelenka River. 8 km south-east of the village is the Gusino railway station on the Moscow - Minsk line .
History
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Hitler's troops in July 1941 , liberated in October 1943 . [one]