Chkalovsk
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Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Known since
- 12th century
- Elevation
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Total
- 12,368
- Estimate 2021
- 11,535 ( −6.7% )
- Subordinated to
- town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk
- Capital of
- town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk
- Urban okrug
- Chkalovsk Urban Okrug
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Postal codes
- 606540, 606541, 606558
- Website
- gorodchkalovsk .ru
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Valery Chkalov
- Official name
- Василёво
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 11535
- Area
- 7
- Elevation
- 100
- Capital of
- Chkalovsky District
- Image
- Chkalovsk Palace of Culture & Sport 2011.jpg
- Dialing code
- 83160
Show 5 more facts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- postal code
- 606540
- Commons category
- Chkalovsk
- inception
- 1101-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1101-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Chkalovsk (Russian: Чка́ловск) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, 95 kilometers (59 mi) northwest of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 12,368.
It was previously known as Vasilyeva Sloboda/Vasilyovo (until 1938). It was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, Valeri Chkalov, a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chkalovsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.