Chekalin

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city
Chekalin
Чекалин
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Federal district Central Russia
Oblast Tula
Rajon Suvorov
Founded 1565
Earlier names Lichwin
City since 1776
surface km²
population 994 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 249 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 190  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 48763
Post Code 301414
License Plate 71
OKATO 70 240 508
Geographical location
Coordinates 54 ° 6 ′  N , 36 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 36 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E
Chekalin (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Chekalin (Tula Oblast)
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Location in Tula Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Chekalin ( Russian Чекалин ), formerly Lichwin ( Лихвин ) is a small town in Rajon kireyevsk the Tula Oblast in Russia . The city lies on the left bank of the Oka River .

The population is 994 (as of October 14, 2010). This makes Chekalin the smallest city in Russia.

history

The city was founded in 1565 under the name Lichwin.

During the Second World War , the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from October 22 to December 27, 1941 . In 1944, Lichwin was renamed Chekalin in honor of the Soviet partisan Alexander Chekalin , who was hanged here on November 6, 1941 at the age of 16.

Population development

year Residents
1897 1612
1939 2384
1959 2208
1970 2085
1979 1725
1989 1319
2002 1151
2010 994

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. a b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

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