Chaplygin (russian: Чаплы́гин) is a
town
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Origin and use
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and the
administrative center
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of
Chaplyginsky District
Chaplyginsky District (russian: Чаплы́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #382-OZ and municipalLaw #114-OZ district (raion), one of the eighteen in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The ar ...
in
Lipetsk Oblast
Lipetsk Oblast (russian: Липецкая область, Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,173,513.
Geography
Lipets ...
,
Russia
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, located at the
confluence
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of the
Stanovaya Ryasa and
Yagodnaya Ryasa River Yagodny (russian: Я́годный; masculine), Yagodnaya (; feminine), or Yagodnoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Altai Krai
As of 2022, two rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:
* Yagodny, Altai Krai, ...
s, north of
Lipetsk
Lipetsk ( rus, links=no, Липецк, p=ˈlʲipʲɪtsk), also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow. Populatio ...
, the
administrative center
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of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
The settlement of Ust Stanovykh Ryas () was founded on the territory of modern Chaplygin in the first half of the 17th century. It later grew into the village (''
selo'') of Slobodskoye (). In 1695,
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
built a small wooden palace in the vicinity, and in 1702 a small fortress under the name of Oranienburg (). The name, originally taken from that of the
German
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town
Oranienburg
Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel.
Geography
Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin.
Division of the town
Oranienburg ...
, was modified to Raninburg and later to Ranenburg (). Also in 1702, both the fortress and the village of Slobodskoye were granted to
Alexander Menshikov Alexander Menshikov may refer to:
* Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman
* Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov
Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́н ...
, who built a small monastery here in 1712.
Town status was granted to Ranenburg in 1778. In 1948, it was renamed Chaplygin after the Russian physicist
Sergey Chaplygin
Sergey Alexeyevich Chaplygin (russian: Серге́й Алексе́евич Чаплы́гин; 5 April 1869 – 8 October 1942) was a Russian and Soviet physicist, mathematician, and mechanical engineer. He is known for mathe ...
, who was born here in 1869.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Chaplygin serves as the
administrative center
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of
Chaplyginsky District
Chaplyginsky District (russian: Чаплы́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #382-OZ and municipalLaw #114-OZ district (raion), one of the eighteen in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The ar ...
.
[Law #382-OZ] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chaplyginsky District as Chaplygin
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
As a
municipal division, Chaplygin Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Chaplyginsky Municipal District as Chaplygin Urban Settlement.
[Law #126-OZ]
Economy
Food industry is the main sector of economy.
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Official website of ChaplyginChaplygin Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Lipetsk Oblast
Ranenburgsky Uyezd