Alikovsky District (; , ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (

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), one of the twenty-one in the

Chuvash Republic Chuvashia, officially known as Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuvash people, a Turkic languages, Turkic ethnic group. Its capital city, capital i ...

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. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and

Yadrinsky District Yadrinsky District (; , ''Yetĕrne rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders with the Mari El Rep ...

s in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with

Krasnochetaysky District Krasnochetaysky District (; , ''Hĕrlĕ Çutay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Yadrins ...

in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a ''

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'') of Alikovo. Population: The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

History

The district was formed on October 1, 1927.

Economy

There is a construction plant in Alikovo.

Transportation

The

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–

Yadrin Yadrin (; , ''Yetĕrne'') is a town and the administrative center of Yadrinsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Yadrin is located on the left bank of the Sura River, southwest of Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. Population: ...

and the

–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, 97.55% of the raion's population was ethnically Chuvash, 1.76% of the population was ethnically

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, and the remaining 0.69% of the population was from other ethnic groups.

Education

There is a middle school in Alikovo.

Culture

There is the Alikovo District Literary and Local Lore Museum, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. ''Viryal's pancakes'') takes place in May of each year.

Notable people

* Alexander Artemiev, writer and poet * Anatoly Serep, writer and poet * Arcady Aris, writer * Arkady Malov, poet and translator *

Boris Markov Boris Markov (March 7, 1924, village Khitekushkan' (now Tautovskoye Rural Settlement, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic) Chuvash AO, USSR - March 25, 1977, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet, Chuvash actor and theater director, People's Artist of ...

, actor, director * Gerasim Pileš, writer and playwright * Ille Toktash, writer and poet * Nikita Larionov, writer and poet * Nikolai Yut, writer, folklorist, and literature critic * Stanislav Voronov, artist

References

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Sources

* * {{Authority control Districts of Chuvashia