Shchyokino (russian: Щёкино) is a

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and the

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Shchyokinsky District Shchyokinsky District (russian: Щёкинский райо́н, ''Çjokinskij rajón'') is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorp ...

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, located on the

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highway ( M2), south of Tula, the administrative center of the

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. Population: 72,000 (1977).

History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of

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deposits and soon supplanted

Krapivna Krapivna (russian: Крапивна) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia: *Krapivna, Klimovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Getmanobudsky Selsoviet of Klimovsky Distri ...

as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchyokino serves as the

.Law #954-ZTO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as Shchyokino Town Under District Jurisdiction.Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast and does not include Shchyokino in the list of towns under oblast jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Shchyokino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as Shchyokino Urban Settlement.Law #552-ZTO

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Tula Oblast