Chekalin
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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.
Cities and towns in Tula Oblast | ||
Administrative center: Tula Aleksin | Belyov | Bogoroditsk | Bolokhovo | Chekalin | Donskoy | Kimovsk | Kireyevsk | Lipki | Novomoskovsk | Plavsk | Shchyokino | Sokolniki | Sovetsk | Suvorov | Uzlovaya | Venyov | Yasnogorsk | Yefremov |