Shchyokino
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Schyokino (Russian: Щёкино) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway some 25 km south of Tula. Population: 60,700 (2005 est.); 61,588 (2002 Census); 69,251 (1989 Census); 72,000 (1977).
Schyokino was founded in 1870 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits. It was granted town status in 1938. The name derives from a village of Shchyokino, which then grew into a town proper.
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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 |
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