Ridge - a village in the Smolensk region of the Smolensk region of Russia . It is part of the Novoselsky rural settlement.
| Village | |
| Ridge | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Smolensk region |
| Municipal District | Smolensky |
| Rural settlement | Novoselskoe |
| History and Geography | |
| Climate type | moderately continental |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 481 |
| Postcode | 214543 |
| OKATO Code | 66244806009 |
| OKTMO Code | |
It is located in the western part of the region 27 km northwest of Smolensk , 6 km northeast of the P133 Smolensk - Nevel highway. 23 km south of the village is the Kuprino railway station on the Smolensk - Vitebsk line .
History
During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by Nazi troops in July 1941 , liberated in September 1943 [1] .