Chekalin (russian: Чека́лин), formerly known as Likhvin () until 1945, is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
in
Suvorovsky District
Suvorovsky District (russian: Суво́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Suvorovsky ...
of
Tula Oblast,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Oka River
The Oka (russian: Ока́, ) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its ...
. Population: In 2010 it was the least populous inhabited locality in Russia with town status.
Now, however, the smallest town in Russia is
Innopolis
Innopolis (russian: Иннопо́лис; tt-Cyrl, Иннополис, translit=İnnopolis) is an urban settlement in Verkhneuslonsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a satellite of Kazan, the capital of the republic.
Innopol ...
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with 96 inhabitantsaccording to the 2016 Census.
As of 2020 the population was reported to be 863.
History
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
, Likhvin was under
German occupation from 19 October 1941 until 26 December 1941. In 1944, Likhvin was renamed Chekalin in honor of
Soviet partisan Alexander Chekalin.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated within
Suvorovsky District
Suvorovsky District (russian: Суво́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Suvorovsky ...
as Chekalin
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. ]OKATO
Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative DivisionThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́кт ...
lists the town of Chekalin as a part of Suvorovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district. As a
municipal division, Chekalin Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Suvorovsky Municipal District as Chekalin Urban Settlement.
[Law #558-ZTO]
References
Sources
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External links
Official website of ChekalinChekalin Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast
Likhvinsky Uyezd