Shchekino
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Shchekino (), also romanized Shchyokino, is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 72,000 (1977).
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Vinony's link graph records 75 inbound references to Shchekino, and connects out to administrative centre, 2010 Russian census and Russia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Tula Oblast, Former urban-type settlements of Tula Oblast and Populated places established in 1870.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Shchekino
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Щёкино
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Shchyokino IMG 4522 1280.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- In Shchekino
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Schyokino (Tula oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Schyekino (Tula oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Tula Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Shchyokinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Shchekino
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town under district jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Shchyokinsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Shchyokinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Shchekino Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Shchyokinsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Shchekino Urban Settlement
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Population
- 55109
- Area
- 15
- Elevation
- 240
- Image
- Lenin Square (Shchyokino) 02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48751
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- Commons category
- Shchyokino, Tula Oblast
- inception
- 1870-01-01
- postal code
- 301240–301249
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Notable people
- References
- Sources
- Notes
Shchekino (), also romanized Shchyokino, is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 72,000 (1977).
==History== It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shchekino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations