Teykovo (russian: Те́йково) is a

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Ivanovo Oblast Ivanovo Oblast (russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, ''Ivanovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It had a population of 927,828 as of the 2021 Russian Census. Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (the ...

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, located on the

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. Population: 42,800 (1975).

History

It was founded in the 17th century and was granted town status in 1918.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Teykovo serves as the

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Teykovsky District Teykovsky District (russian: Те́йковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.According to Law #145-OZ, the borders of the administrative and municipal distr ...

,Law #145-OZ even though it is not a part of it.Law #145-OZ stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #4-OZ, which describes the borders and the composition of Teykovsky District, does not list the town of Teykovo as a part of that district. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the

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of Teykovo—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the Town of Teykovo is incorporated as Teykovo Urban Okrug.Law #124-OZ

Military

The town is home to a Strategic Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces where projects like the mobile Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile system are operated from.

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Ivanovo Oblast Shuysky Uyezd