4-527: Klushino (Russian: Клушино , IPA: [ˈkluʂɨnə] ) is a village in Smolensk Oblast ( Western Oblast before 1937), Russia. It is situated on the old road between Vyazma and Mozhaysk , not far from Gzhatsk (now named Gagarin ), and it was the site of a major battle during the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18) . The village is best known as the birthplace of Yuri Gagarin ,
8-758: The Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union , including the Russian SFSR , had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union , the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects . While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely based on
12-785: The first man in space, born there in 1934. Gagarin's original house in Klushino was deconstructed and rebuilt in Gzhatsk by his father when his family moved. A replica of the Gagarin house was built in Klushino in 1971, and is now a museum. This Smolensk Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Types of settlements in Russia The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. During
16-486: The system used in the RSFSR. In all federal subjects, the inhabited localities are classified into two major categories: urban and rural. Further divisions of these categories vary slightly from one federal subject to another, but they all follow common trends described below. In 1957, the procedures for categorizing urban-type settlements were further refined. Multiple types of rural localities exist, some common through
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