Ballast Quarry is a village in the Smolensk district of the Smolensk region of Russia . It is part of the Prigorsky rural settlement. As of 2007, there is no permanent population.
| Village | |
| Ballast Quarry | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| metropolitan borough | Smolensky |
| Rural settlement | Prygorsk |
| History and geography | |
| Area | 0.1 km² |
| Climate type | moderately continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 people ( 2007 ) |
| Digital IDs | |
| Telephone code | +7 481 |
| Postcode | 214518 |
| OKATO Code | 66244882010 |
| OKTMO Code | |
It is located in the western part of the region, 8 km southeast of Smolensk , 1 km east of the A141 Orel - Vitebsk highway. 4 km north-east of the village is the Tychinino railway station on the Smolensk - Roslavl line .
History
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in July 1941 , liberated in September 1943 [1] .