Chaplygin (russian: Чаплы́гин) is a

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and the

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Chaplyginsky District Chaplyginsky District (russian: Чаплы́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #382-OZ and municipalLaw #114-OZ district (raion), one of the eighteen in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The ar ...

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, located at the

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of the Stanovaya Ryasa and Yagodnaya Ryasa Rivers, north of

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, the

of the

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History

The settlement of Ust Stanovykh Ryas () was founded on the territory of modern Chaplygin in the first half of the 17th century. It later grew into the village ('' selo'') of Slobodskoye (). In 1695,

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

built a small wooden palace in the vicinity, and in 1702 a small fortress under the name of Oranienburg (). The name, originally taken from that of the

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town

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, was modified to Raninburg and later to Ranenburg (). Also in 1702, both the fortress and the village of Slobodskoye were granted to Alexander Menshikov, who built a small monastery here in 1712. Town status was granted to Ranenburg in 1778. In 1948, it was renamed Chaplygin after the Russian physicist

Sergey Chaplygin Sergey Alexeyevich Chaplygin (russian: Серге́й Алексе́евич Чаплы́гин; 5 April 1869 – 8 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet physicist, mathematician, and mechanical engineer. He is known for mathe ...

, who was born here in 1869.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chaplygin serves as the

.Law #382-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chaplyginsky District as Chaplygin Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Chaplygin Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Chaplyginsky Municipal District as Chaplygin Urban Settlement.Law #126-OZ

Economy

Food industry is the main sector of economy.

References

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External links

Official website of Chaplygin

Chaplygin Business Directory
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