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Demidov, Smolensk Oblast
Demidov
is a
town
and the
administrative center
of
Demidovsky District
in
Smolensk Oblast
,
Russia
, located on the
Kasplya River
at its
confluence
with the Gobza River. Population:
History
It was founded in 1499 as a settlement of
Porechye
and was granted town status in 1776. In 1918, it was renamed Demidov after a local
Bolshevik
Yakov Demidov (1889–1918).
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