Yukhnov (russian: Ю́хнов) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
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of
Yukhnovsky District
Yukhnovsky District (russian: Юхновский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast and municipalLaw #369-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Kaluga Oblast, twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is ...
in
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904.
G ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Kunava River (
Oka
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Cars
* Oka (automobile), a small car designed by AvtoVAZ and produced by ZMA and SeAZ
* OKA 4wd, a large 4-wheel-drive vehicle made in Western Australia by OKA
Military
* 2B1 Oka, Soviet 420 mm self-propelled mor ...
's
basin) northwest of
Kaluga
Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population:
Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ...
, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It has been known since 1410. The "Town" status was granted to it in the year 1777.During the
Second World War
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the town was occupied by the Germans from
October 5, 1941 to
March 5, 1942.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Yukhnov serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Yukhnovsky District
Yukhnovsky District (russian: Юхновский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast and municipalLaw #369-OZ district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Kaluga Oblast, twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.
As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Yukhnov is incorporated within Yukhnovsky Municipal District as Yukhnov Urban Settlement.
[Law #369-OZ]
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