Pochinok (Russian: Почи́нок) is a town and the administrative center of Pochinkovsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Khmara River (Dnieper's basin) 62 kilometers (39 mi) southeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast.

On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Pochinkovsky District with the administrative center in the town of Pochinok was established.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Pochinkovsky District as Pochinkovskoye Urban Settlement.

The R120 road (formerly A141), which connects Smolensk with Bryansk and Oryol, passes close to Pochinok.

There is a road between Pochinok and Yelnya, as well as another one across the border to Mstsislaw where it continues to Orsha and Krychaw.