{{Short description|Town in Tula Oblast, Russia}} {{For|the surname|Chekalin (surname)}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality | en_name = Chekalin | ru_name = Чекалин | loc_name1 = | loc_lang1 = | loc_name2 = | loc_lang2 = | loc_name3 = | loc_lang3 = | loc_name4 = | loc_lang4 = | other_name = Čekalin | other_lang = | image_skyline = Chekalin Church.jpg | image_caption = Chekalin Church | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|54|06|N|36|15|E|display=inline,title}} | image_flag = | flag_caption = | image_coa = Likhvin COA (Kaluga Governorate) (1777).png | coa_caption = | anthem = | anthem_ref = | holiday = | holiday_ref = <!-- administrative status --> | federal_subject = [[Tula Oblast]] | federal_subject_ref = <ref name="OKATO" /> | adm_district_jur = [[Suvorovsky District]] | adm_district_jur_ref = <ref name="OKATO" /> | adm_inhabloc_jur = | adm_inhabloc_jur_ref = | adm_citydistrict_jur = | adm_citydistrict_type = | adm_citydistrict_jur_ref = | adm_selsoviet_jur = Chekalin | adm_selsoviet_type = [[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] | adm_selsoviet_jur_ref = <ref name="Note" /> | capital_of = | capital_of_ref = | adm_ctr_of1 = Chekalin Town Under District Jurisdiction | adm_ctr_of1_ref = <ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|70 240 508}}</ref> | adm_ctr_of2 = | adm_ctr_of2_ref = | adm_ctr_of3 = | adm_ctr_of3_ref = | inhabloc_cat = Town | inhabloc_cat_ref = <ref name="OKATO" /> | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref = <!-- municipal status --> | mun_district_jur = Suvorovsky Municipal District | mun_district_jur_ref = <ref name="TulaOSuvorovskyD_mun" /> | urban_okrug_jur = | urban_okrug_jur_ref = | urban_settlement_jur = Chekalin Urban Settlement | urban_settlement_jur_ref = <ref name="TulaOSuvorovskyD_mun" /> | rural_settlement_jur = | rural_settlement_jur_ref = | inter_settlement_territory = | inter_settlement_territory_ref = | mun_admctr_of1 = Chekalin Urban Settlement | mun_admctr_of1_ref = <ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|70 640 108}}</ref> | mun_admctr_of2 = | mun_admctr_of2_ref = | leader_title = | leader_title_ref = | leader_name = | leader_name_ref = | representative_body = | representative_body_ref = <!-- statistics --> | elevation_m = | area_km2 = | area_km2_ref = | pop_latest = 884 | pop_latest_date = 2024 | pop_latest_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=City Population |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/tula/_/70640108001__%C4%8Dekalin/}}</ref> | population_demonym = | time_zone_ref = <!-- history --> | established_date = | established_title = | established_date_ref = | current_cat_date = | current_cat_date_ref = | abolished_date = | abolished_date_ref = <!-- misc --> | postal_codes = 301414 | postal_codes_ref = | dialing_codes = | dialing_codes_ref = | website = }} '''Chekalin''' ({{langx|ru|Чека́лин}}), formerly known as '''Likhvin''' ({{lang|ru|Лихвин}}) until 1945, is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Suvorovsky District]] of [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the left bank of the [[Oka River]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=994|p2002=1,151|p1989=1,319}} In 2010 it was the least populous inhabited locality in Russia with town status.<ref name="2010Census" /> For awhile, the smallest town in Russia was [[Innopolis]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160415232659/http://tatstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/tatstat/resources/4f3274804c0d84f9ab87abc621b350d8/%D0%9C%D0%9E%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB2016.pdf with 96 inhabitants] according to the 2016 Census, but since then has grown to a population of 3,955,<ref>{{cite web | title=Innopolis (Verchneuslonskij Rajon, Tatarstan Republic, Russia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/places/tatarstan/verchneuslonskij_rajon/92620109001__innopolis/ }}</ref> and Chekalin is back to being the smallest town in Russia, with a population of 884 according to the 2024 census.<ref>{{cite web | title=Čekalin (Tula Oblast, Russia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/russia/tula/_/70640108001__%C4%8Dekalin/ }}</ref>
==History== During [[World War II]], Likhvin was under [[Nazi Germany|German]] occupation from 19 October 1941 until 26 December 1941.<ref>[https://www.soldat.ru/spravka/freedom/1-ssr-3.html Освобождение городов]</ref> In 1944, Likhvin was renamed Chekalin in honor of [[Soviet partisans|Soviet partisan]] [[Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin|Alexander Chekalin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Чекалин Александр Павлович|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=297|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.warheroes.ru}}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is incorporated within [[Suvorovsky District]] as '''Chekalin [[Town of district significance|Town Under District Jurisdiction]]'''.<ref name="Note">Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. [[OKATO]] lists the town of Chekalin as a part of Suvorovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Chekalin Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Suvorovsky Municipal District as '''Chekalin Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="TulaOSuvorovskyD_mun">Law #558-ZTO</ref>
==References== ===Sources=== {{Reflist}}
===Notes=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|suvorovsky}}
==External links== *[http://chekalin.tulobl.ru/ Official website of Chekalin] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://chekalin.jsprav.ru/ Chekalin Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Tula Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Tula Oblast]] [[Category:Likhvinsky Uyezd]]