Tyukalinsk (russian: Тюкали́нск) is a

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Omsk Oblast Omsk Oblast (russian: О́мская о́бласть, ''Omskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southwestern Siberia. The oblast has an area of . Its population is 1,977,665 ( 2010 Census) with the majority, 1.1 ...

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, located northeast of the

Nazyvayevsk Nazyvayevsk (russian: Называ́евск; kk, Называй, ''Nazyvaı'') is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 11,615. It was prev ...

railway station on the

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and northwest of

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk a ...

, the

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of the

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. Population:

History

In 1759, a post station of ''Tyukalinsky Stanets'' () existed on the Tyukala River in place of modern Tyukalinsk. It developed into the ''

sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosel ...

'' of Tyukalinskaya () in 1763. In 1823, it was granted town status, which was retracted in 1838, and reinstated in 1878. Tyukalinsk lost its commercial importance along with the

Siberian Route The Siberian Route (russian: Сибирский тракт; ''Sibirsky trakt''), also known as the Moscow Highway (, Московский тракт) and Great Highway (, Большой тракт), was a historic route that connected European Rus ...

after the construction of the

. On the outskirts of the town is a

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made of pine trees that spell out "Lenin" (Ленин). Called "Lenin forest" by locals it was supposedly made in 1970,

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's 100th birthday, though the exact date remains unknown. It is visible in satellite photographs at .

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tyukalinsk serves as the

Tyukalinsky District Tyukalinsky District (russian: Тюкали́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #467-OZ and municipalLaw #548-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the oblast. ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Law #467-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Tyukalinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Tyukalinsk is incorporated within Tyukalinsky Municipal District as Tyukalinsk Urban Settlement.Law #548-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Omsk Oblast Tyukalinsky Uyezd