Grooves - a village in the Gagarinsky district of the Smolensk region of Russia . It is part of the Tokarevsky rural settlement. As of 2007, there is no permanent population.
| Village | |
| Grooves | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal District | Gagarinsky |
| Rural settlement | Tokarevskoe |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 0.09 km² |
| Climate type | temperate continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 people ( 2007 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 48135 |
| Postcode | 215023 |
| OKATO Code | 66208876005 |
| OKTMO Code | |
It is located in the northeastern part of the region 27 km southeast of Gagarin , 23 km south of the M1 Belarus highway, on the banks of the Vorya River . 26 km north of the village is the Kolesniki railway station on the Moscow - Minsk line .
History
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in October 1941 , liberated in March 1943 . [one]