Shapkino is a village in the Gagarinsky district of the Smolensk region of Russia . It is part of the Akatovsky rural settlement.
| Village | |
| Shapkino | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal District | Gagarinsky |
| Rural settlement | Akatovsky |
| History and Geography | |
| Climate type | moderately continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 48135 |
| Postcode | 215002 |
| OKATO Code | |
| OKTMO Code | and |
It is located in the north-eastern part of the region, 15 km north-east of Gagarin , 10 km north of the Belarus highway M1 . 7 km south-east of the village is the Batyushkovo 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]