Chekalin

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Coordinates: 54°06′N 36°15′E

Chekalin (Russian: Чека́лин), formerly known as Likhvin (Лихвин) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: 1,151 (2002 Census); 1,319 (1989 Census).

In 1944, Likhvin was renamed Chekalin in honor of a Soviet partisan Alexander Chekalin.


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