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

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), one of the

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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 ...

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. 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 ...

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, a village (''selo'') in Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia * Alikovo, Krasnochetaysky District, Chuvash Republic, a village in Krasnochetaysky District Krasnoche ...

. 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 reg ...

–

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 c ...

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

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, 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 Alexander Artemiev (Chuvash language, Chuvash and russian: Артемьев Александр Спиридонович; 14 Sept 1924 – 5 August 1998.''Афанасьев П.'' Писатели Чувашии. — Cheboksary, 2006), was a Chuva ...

, writer and poet *

Anatoly Serep Anatoly Trofimovich Serep (Chuvash language, Chuvash & russian: Сереп Анатолий Трофимович; 1920–2003), was a Chuvash people, Chuvash writer and poet. Biography Serep was born 1920 in the village of Man Toktashin the A ...

, writer and poet *

Arcady Aris Arcady Ivanovich Aris ( cv, Аркадий Иванович Арис; January 29, 1901 – June 1, 1942) was a Chuvash writer and literary critic. He became a member of the USSR Union of Writers in 1934. He was a cousin of the Chuvash folkloris ...

, 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 Union, Soviet, Chuvash people, Chuvash actor and theater dir ...

, 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 Ille Tuktash ( cv, Илле Тукташ; 1907–1957), also Ilya Tuktash (russian: Илья Семёнович Тукташ), was a Chuvash people, Chuvash writer and poet. He was a member of the USSR Union of Writers.Nikita Larionov Nikita Larionovič Larionov ( Chuvash and russian: link=no, Никита Ларионов; 7 February 1932 – 22 September 2014) was a writer and poet. Larionov was a member of the Chuvashia Writers Union (1991), member of the Russia Writers Unio ...

, writer and poet *

Nikolai Yut Nikolai Yakovlevich Yut ( cv, Николай Ют, ''Nikolay Yut''; russian: Николай Яковлевич Ют; July 30, 1898 – March 27, 1967) was a Chuvash people, Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic. He became a member ...

, writer, folklorist, and literature critic *

Stanislav Voronov Stanislav Voronov (russian: Станислав Кириллович Воронов, born August 20, 1957) — Lt. Gen. FSB is a Russian artist and member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and member of the Union of Artists of Moscow. ...

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