Shchekino (), also romanized Shchyokino, is a

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and the

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Shchyokinsky District Shchyokinsky District (, ''Çjokinskij rajón'') is an administrative district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Tula Oblast, twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions, fra ...

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, located on the

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highway ( M2), south of Tula, the administrative center of the

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. Population: 72,000 (1977).

History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of

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deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchekino serves as the

.Law #954-ZTO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchekino 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 and does not include Shchekino in the list of towns under oblast jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as Shchekino Urban Settlement.Law #552-ZTO

Notable people

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(born 1990) amateur boxer (

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featherweight women's bronze medalist)

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Tula Oblast Shchyokinsky District Populated places established in 1870 Former urban-type settlements of Tula Oblast