Popovo is a village in the Gagarinsky district of the Smolensk region of Russia . Included in the Karmanovsky rural settlement.
| Village | |
| Popovo | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal district | Gagarinsky |
| Rural settlement | Karman |
| History and geography | |
| Climate type | moderate continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 48135 |
| Postcode | 215047 |
| OKATO code | 66208824008 |
| OKTMO code | |
Located in the northeastern part of the region, 27 km north-west of Gagarin , 35 km north of the M1 Belarus road, on the banks of the Yauza River . The railway station Gagarin on the Moscow - Minsk line is located 29 km south-east of the village.
History
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in October 1941 , liberated in March 1943 . [one]