Aleksin

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Not to be confused with Aleksino.

Coordinates: 54°31′4″N 37°5′11″E / 54.51778, 37.08639

Coat of arms of Aleksin

Aleksin (Russian: Але́ксин) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia, located 71 kilometers (44 mi) northwest of Tula. It is the administrative center of Aleksinsky District. Population: 68,156 (2002 Census);^[1] 74,274 (1989 Census).^[2]

[edit] History

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.

[edit] References

^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.

[edit] External links

(Russian) Official website of Aleksin

v • d • e 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