Pochinkovo Historical and Local Lore Museum

Pochinok is located 52 km south of Smolensk on the Riga-Orel railway line. It was founded in 1868 as a small settlement at the railway station. It became a city in 1926.

More than once in the history of Russia, important events took place on Pochinkovo land. According to legend, about 1239 near the village of Dolgomostye, the legendary warrior Mercury of Smolensk with a detachment of Russian soldiers defeated the Mongol-Tatar army, thereby preventing the capture of Smolensk. On the site of heroic events, a memorial sign is installed, theatrical holidays are held annually.

In September 2005, near D. The prince, on the settlement of Tusheml, the opening of a monument dedicated to the Tushemlin archaeological culture (V-VII centuries AD).

During the Patriotic War of 1812, partisan detachments operated here.

On the land of Pochinkov were born famous in national history people. At the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries, A.A. Kaverznev lived here, who is called the predecessor of C. Darwin. In the village of Kimbrovo was born scientist-traveler N.M. Przhevalsky, on the farm Zagorje-poet A.T. Tvardovsky.

On the day of the 90th anniversary of Tvardovsky’s birth, June 21, 2000, a local history museum was opened in Pochinka. Its expositions tell about the history of life of local residents, the Great Patriotic War, the post-war restoration of the district, noble countrymen.