Belyov

Belyov () is a town and the administrative center of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: 13,180 (2018);

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Belyov
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Белёв
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Алекс.надвратн.церковь.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Belyov (Tula oblast).png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Tula Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Belyovsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Belyov
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town under district jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1: Belyovsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2: Belyov Town Under District Jurisdiction

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Administrative and municipal status
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Belyov () is a town and the administrative center of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River. Population: 13,180 (2018);

==History== As is the case with many other towns in the former Upper Oka Principalities, Belyov was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1147. After the disintegration of the Principality of Chernigov in the wake of the Mongol invasion of Rus', Belyov became a seat of a local princely dynasty in 1468. The princes of Belyov fluctuated between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, until they moved to the latter state.