Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast

Yartsevo is a town and the administrative center of Yartsevsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vop River, northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

It was founded on the spot of a village of Yartsevo-Perevoz , known since 1859. It grew due to the construction of a cotton mill in 1873. Later on, a soap factory, a brickworks, a sawmill, and a foundry were built in the area. Yartsevo was granted town status in 1926.