Pechersk (selo), Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast
{{Short description|Rural locality on Russia}}
{{Other places3|Pechersk, Russia}}
{{Coord|54|51|11|N|32|01|55|E|display=title}}
File:Церковь Антония и Феодосия Печерских ворота.jpg
Pechersk ({{langx|ru|Пече́рск}}), also spelled Pechyorsk ({{lang|ru|Печёрск}}), is a rural locality (a selo) in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia,{{RussiaAdmMunRef|smo|adm|list}} located {{convert|7|km|sp=us}} north of Smolensk.Encyclopedia of Smolensk Oblast. [http://admin.smolensk.ru/history/raion/book/-Pa-.htm Entry on "Pechyorsk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205852/http://admin.smolensk.ru/history/raion/book/-Pa-.htm |date=2010-03-25 }} {{in lang|ru}} Population: {{ru-census2010|3,884|;}} {{ru-census2002|3,750|;}} 4,067 (1998 est.).
Etymology
History
In 1859, it had an Orthodox church and a population of nineteen (ten male and nine female), living in five homesteads.{{cite book|title=XL Смоленская губернія. Списокъ населённыхъ мѣстъ по сведениямъ 1859 года.|last=Центральный статистический комитетъ Министерства внутреннихъ делъ|year=1868|location=Санктпетербургъ|page=10}} Administratively, it was a part of Smolensky Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate.
Until December 28, 2004, it had a status of a settlement.{{Cite Russian law
|ru_entity=Смоленская областная Дума
|ru_type=Постановление
|ru_number=657
|ru_date=28 декабря 2004 г.
|ru_title=О преобразовании отдельных административно-территориальных единиц в Смоленском районе Смоленской области
|ru_effective_date=со дня принятия
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|ru_url=http://smolensk.news-city.info/docs/sistemsc/dok_oegnai.htm
|en_entity=Smolensk Oblast Duma
|en_type=Resolution
|en_number=657
|en_date=December 28, 2004
|en_title=On the Transformation of Several Administrative-Territorial Units in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast
|en_effective_date=the day of adoption
|en_url
}}
On April 10, 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft of the Polish 36th Special Aviation Regiment crashed near Smolensk-North air base near Pechersk, killing the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and other Polish officials.{{cite news|title=Polish president killed in plane crash|date=2010-04-10|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/10/poland.president.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1|work=CNN|accessdate=2010-04-10}}