Aleksin
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Aleksin is a town in western Russia that serves as the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast. It is significant as a regional administrative hub located northwest of the oblast's main city, Tula.
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- Aleksin
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Алексин
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- Tula Oblast
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- Town under district jurisdiction
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Aleksin () is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== It was founded at the end of the 13th century and first mentioned in 1348 in the Nikon Chronicle. Aleksin was sacked by Khan Akhmat in 1472 during his invasion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Because of its location on the Oka River, it was, for a while, an important inland port. Aleksin was granted town status in 1777.