Aleksin

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Aleksin (Russian: Але́ксин) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located 71 km northwest of Tula, at 54°31′4″N, 37°5′11″E. The population as of the 2002 Census was 68,156. It is the administrative center of Aleksinsky District.

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The town was first mentioned in 1348 in the Nikon Chronicle. Because of its situation on the Oka River it was, for a while, an important inland port.

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