Aleksin

Aleksin () is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

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Aleksin is a town in western Russia that serves as the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast. It is significant as a regional administrative hub located northwest of the oblast's main city, Tula.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Aleksin
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Алексин
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Успенский Собор.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Aleksin (Tula oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Aleksin (Tula oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Tula Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Aleksinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Aleksin
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town under district jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Aleksinsky District
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur: Aleksin Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Aleksin Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title: Head
Russian inhabited locality.leader_name: Andrey Sadovnikov
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 61732
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census_rank: 261st

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Population: 73700
Area: 43
Elevation: 160
Official website: smgrf.ru/portfolio/aleksinskij
Image: Двор усадьбы Маслова.jpg
Dialing code: 48753

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Commons category: Aleksin
postal code: 301360–301380
inception: 1348-00-00

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Aleksin () is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

==History== It was founded at the end of the 13th century and first mentioned in 1348 in the Nikon Chronicle. Aleksin was sacked by Khan Akhmat in 1472 during his invasion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Because of its location on the Oka River, it was, for a while, an important inland port. Aleksin was granted town status in 1777.