Chekshino (russian: Чекшино) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

) and the administrative center of Dvinitskoye Rural Settlement,

Sokolsky District Sokolsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrative district of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast * Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast, an administrative ...

Vologda Oblast Vologda Oblast ( rus, Вологодская область, p=vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Vologodskaya oblast, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is Vologda. The Oblast has a population of 1,202, ...

, Russia. The population was 566 as of 2002. There are 5 streets.

Geography

Chekshino is located 47 km northeast of

Sokol The Sokol movement (, ''falcon'') is an all-age gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of " a strong mind in a ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Osipovo is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Сокола до Чекшина
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References

Rural localities in Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast {{SokolskyVLG-geo-stub