Kovylkino (russian: Ковы́лкино; mdf, Лашма ош, ''Lašma oš'') is a

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in the

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, located southwest of Saransk on the left bank of the

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of the

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). Population:

History

Town status was granted to it in 1960.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkino serves as the

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Kovylkinsky District Kovylkinsky District (russian: Ковы́лкинский райо́н; mdf, Лашмонь аймак, ''Lašmoń ajmak''; myv, Ковёлбуе, ''Kovölbuje'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63 and ...

, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the

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, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Kovylkino—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Kovylkino is incorporated within Kovylkinsky Municipal District as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.

Infrastructure

There are more than 150 enterprises and organisations, 2 churches and an estate of Insar's monastery, 5 secondary schools, a children's summer camp "Ryzhik", a children's sanatorium "Sosnoviy Bor" in Kovylkino today. There also are a creamery, an electromechanical factory, an affiliated society of Mordovian State University, a central district hospital, a House of Culture, a Museum of local lore, as well as special schools: a musical one, an arts one, and a sports one. Kovylkinsky Agraria-building college is a local branch of Mordovian State University.

Trade

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— 3 points of sale. * Bristol — 2 points of sale. *

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— 1 point of sale. * Pyaterochka — 3 points of sale. * Krasnoe & Beloe — 1 point of sale. * Gorod'ok — 1 point of sale. and other small points of sale. Shopping centres: * «Kouprey» * «SpecMarket» * «Rainbow» (Raduga/Радуга)

Factory

* JSC "Kirpich silikatnyi" (currently bankrupt) * JSC "KEMF"

Internet and communication

Notable residents

Mikhail Markin Mikhail Mikhailovich Markin (russian: Михаил Михайлович Маркин; born 21 November 1993) is a Russian football striker who plays for FC Spartak Kostroma. Club career He made his debut in the FNL for FC Mordovia Saransk on ...