Alikovsky District (russian: А́ликовский райо́н; cv, Элӗк районӗ, ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the twenty-one in the

Chuvash Republic Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and

Yadrinsky District Yadrinsky District (russian: Я́дринский райо́н; cv, Етĕрне районӗ, ''Yetĕrne rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is lo ...

s in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and

Shumerlinsky District Shumerlinsky District (russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; cv, Çĕмĕрле районӗ, ''Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, R ...

s in the south, and with

Krasnochetaysky District Krasnochetaysky District (russian: Красночета́йский райо́н; cv, Хĕрлĕ Чутай районӗ, ''Hĕrlĕ Çutay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the ...

in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Alikovo Alikovo may refer to: *Alikovo, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic Alikovo (russian: А́ликово; cv, Элӗк, ''Elĕk'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, R ...

. Population: The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

History

The district was formed on October 1, 1927.

Economy

There is a construction plant in Alikovo.

Transportation

The

Cheboksary Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River. Geography The city is located in the Volga Upland re ...

–

Yadrin Yadrin (russian: Я́дрин; cv, Етӗрне, ''Yetĕrne'') is a town and the administrative center of Yadrinsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Yadrin is located on the left bank of the Sura River, southwest of Cheboksary, the ...

and the

–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, 97.55% of the raion's population was ethnically Chuvash, 1.76% of the population was ethnically

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

, and the remaining 0.69% of the population was from other ethnic groups.

Education

There is a middle school in Alikovo.

Culture

There is the

Alikovo District Literary and Local Lore Museum The Alikovo Regional Literary and Local Lore Museum is a historical and literary Museum of The Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic. History Many work in the opening of the Museum was invested by Guriy Konstantinovich Terentev, Valerian St ...

, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. ''Viryal's pancakes'') takes place in May of each year.

Notable people

* Alexander Artemiev, writer and poet * Anatoly Serep, writer and poet * Arcady Aris, writer * Arkady Malov, poet and translator *

Boris Markov Boris Markov (March 7, 1924, village Khitekushkan' (now Tautovskoye Rural Settlement, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic) Chuvash AO, USSR - March 25, 1977, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet, Chuvash actor and theater director, People's Artist of ...

, actor, director *

Gerasim Pileš Gerasim Pileš ( Chuvash & russian: link=no, Харлампьев Герасим Дмитриевич, February 2, 1913, Man Toktash village, Russia – November 2, 2003, Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia) – a Soviet Chuvash writer playwrigh ...

, writer and playwright * Ille Toktash, writer and poet * Nikita Larionov, writer and poet * Nikolai Yut, writer, folklorist, and literature critic * Stanislav Voronov, artist

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Authority control Districts of Chuvashia