{{Short description|Town in Tula Oblast, Russia}} {{Distinguish|Aleksino}}

{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Aleksin |ru_name=Алексин |image_skyline=Успенский Собор.jpg |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|54|31|N|37|06|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Aleksin (Tula oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Aleksin (Tula oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Aleksinsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Aleksin |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="Note0" /><ref name="Note1" /> |adm_ctr_of=Aleksinsky District |adm_ctr_of_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |urban_okrug_jur=Aleksin Urban Okrug |urban_okrug_jur_ref=<ref name="Ref1526" /> |mun_admctr_of=Aleksin Urban Okrug |mun_admctr_of_ref=<ref name="Ref1526" /> |leader_title=Head |leader_title_ref= |leader_name=Andrey Sadovnikov |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=61732 |pop_2010census_rank=261st |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=the end of<br />the 13th century |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=1777 |current_cat_date_ref= |prev_name1= |prev_name1_date= |prev_name1_ref= |postal_codes=301360–301365, 301367–301371, 301379 |dialing_codes=48753 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Aleksin''' ({{langx|ru|Але́ксин}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Aleksinsky District]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]], located {{convert|71|km|sp=us}} northwest of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=57,102|p2010=61,732|p2002=68,156|p1989=74,274}}

==History== It was founded at the end of the 13th century<ref name="gr">{{cite book|author=Георгий Михайлович Лаппо|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=18}}</ref> and first mentioned in 1348 in the [[Nikon Chronicle]]. Aleksin was sacked by [[Ahmed Khan bin Küchük|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.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

The town expanded in the 1930s with the construction of {{ill|Aleksin Chemical Plant|lt= a chemical plant|ru|Алексинский химический комбинат}}.

During [[World War II]], Aleksin was under [[Nazi Germany|German]] occupation from 29 November 1941 until 17 December 1941.<ref>[https://www.soldat.ru/spravka/freedom/1-ssr-1.html Освобождение городов]</ref>

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Aleksin serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Aleksinsky District]]<ref name="TulaO_admlaw">Law #954-ZTO</ref> and is incorporated within it as a [[town of district significance|town under district jurisdiction]].<ref name="Note0">Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast.</ref><ref name="Note1">[[OKATO]] lists 1&nbsp;town, 1&nbsp;work settlement, and 154&nbsp;rural localities in Aleksinsky District. The town of Aleksin and 154&nbsp;rural localities are listed as a part of Aleksin Urban Okrug in Law #2140-ZTO.</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of Aleksin, together with 154&nbsp;[[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]] in Aleksinsky District, is incorporated as '''Aleksin Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Note1" /><ref name="Ref1526">Law #2140-ZTO</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Aleksin is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Города-побратимы Алексина|url=https://aleksin.tularegion.ru/city/goroda-pobratimy/|website=aleksin.tularegion.ru|publisher=Aleksin|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-05|archive-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513172923/https://aleksin.tularegion.ru/city/goroda-pobratimy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Saky]], Ukraine *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Salihorsk]], Belarus *{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Tivat Municipality|Tivat]], Montenegro *{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Veľký Krtíš]], Slovakia *{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yevpatoria]], Ukraine {{div col end}}

===Partner cities=== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yelabuga]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dimitrovgrad, Russia|Dimitrovgrad]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast|Dzerzhinsky]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maloyaroslavets]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Syzran]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Susaninsky District]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Chusovoy]], Russia *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Serpukhov]], Russia {{div col end}}

==References==

===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|aleksin}} *{{OKATO reference|70}}

==External links== *[https://aleksin.tularegion.ru/ Official website of Aleksin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326054528/https://aleksin.tularegion.ru/ |date=March 26, 2020 }} {{in lang|ru}} *[https://aleksin.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Aleksin] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Tula Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tula Oblast]] [[Category:Aleksinsky Uyezd]]