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Town in Tula Oblast, Russia

For other places with the same name, see [Shchekino (disambiguation)](/source/Shchekino_(disambiguation)).

Town in Tula Oblast, Russia

Shchekino Щёкино Town[1] In Shchekino Flag Coat of arms Interactive map of Shchekino Shchekino Location of Shchekino Show map of Russia Shchekino Shchekino (Tula Oblast) Show map of Tula Oblast Coordinates: 54°00′N 37°31′E / 54.000°N 37.517°E / 54.000; 37.517 Country Russia Federal subject Tula Oblast[1] Administrative district Shchyokinsky District[1] Town under district jurisdictionSelsoviet Shchekino[2] Founded 1871 Town status since 1938 Elevation 240 m (790 ft) Population (2010 Census)[3] • Total 58,139 • Estimate (2025)[4] 52,177 (−10.3%) Administrative status • Capital of Shchyokinsky District,[1] Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction[2] Municipal status • Municipal district Shchyokinsky Municipal District[5] • Urban settlement Shchekino Urban Settlement[5] • Capital of Shchyokinsky Municipal District,[5] Shchekino Urban Settlement[6] Time zone UTC+3 (MSK [7]) Postal codes[8] 301240, 301241, 301243–301249, 301259 OKTMO ID 70648101001

**Shchekino** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Щёкино), also romanized **Shchyokino**, is a [town](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) and the [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) of [Shchyokinsky District](/source/Shchyokinsky_District) in [Tula Oblast](/source/Tula_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), located on the [Moscow](/source/Moscow)—[Simferopol](/source/Simferopol) highway ([M2](/source/M2_highway_(Russia))), 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of [Tula](/source/Tula%2C_Russia), the administrative center of the [oblast](/source/Oblast). Population: 58,139 ([2010 census](/source/2010_Russian_census));[3] 61,588 ([2002 census](/source/2002_Russian_census));[9] 69,251 ([1989 Soviet census](/source/1989_Soviet_census));[10] 72,000 (1977).

## History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of [brown coal](/source/Lignite) deposits and soon supplanted [Krapivna](/source/Krapivna%2C_Tula_Oblast) as the main settlement in the district.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It was granted town status in 1938.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions), Shchekino serves as the [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) of [Shchyokinsky District](/source/Shchyokinsky_District).[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchyokinsky District as **Shchekino [Town Under District Jurisdiction](/source/Town_of_district_significance)**.[2] As a [municipal division](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions), Shchekino Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchyokinsky Municipal District as **Shchekino Urban Settlement**.[5]

## Notable people

- [Daria Abramova](/source/Daria_Abramova) (born 1990) amateur boxer ([2019 European Games](/source/2019_European_Games) featherweight women's bronze medalist)[11]

## References

Shchekino railway station

### Sources

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-4) Law #954-ZTO

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Note_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Note_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Note_2-2) Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast and does not include Shchekino in the list of [towns under oblast jurisdiction](/source/City_of_federal_subject_significance).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-1) Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). [Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1](http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm) [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wikidata-fd993a9c13bb7891b0137df5bf8563b664d8d6a7-v20_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wikidata-fd993a9c13bb7891b0137df5bf8563b664d8d6a7-v20_4-1) [*Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года*](https://web.archive.org/web/20260426040307/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2025.xlsx) (in Russian), Moscow: [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service), April 25, 2025, [Wikidata](/source/WDQ_(identifier)) [Q133797648](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133797648), archived from [the original](https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%A1hisl_MO_01-01-2025.xlsx) on April 26, 2026

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TulaOShchyokinskyD_mun_5-3) Law #552-ZTO

1. **[^](#cite_ref-OKTMO_6-0)** Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 70 648 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 *[Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations](/source/OKTMO). Code 70 648 101*. ).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vremeni_7-0)** ["Об исчислении времени"](http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085). *Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации* (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PostalCode_8-0)** Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (*Russian Post*). [Поиск объектов почтовой связи](http://vinfo.russianpost.ru/servlet/department) (*Postal Objects Search*) (in Russian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PopCensus_9-0)** [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)) (May 21, 2004). [Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек](http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls) [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Census1989_10-0)** [Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров](http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php) [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via *Demoscope Weekly*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["BoxRec: Daria Abramova"](https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/885197M).

### Notes

- Тульская областная Дума. Закон №954-ЗТО от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области», в ред. Закона №2131-ЗТО от 11 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области" и Закон Тульской области "Об установлении границ административно-территориальных единиц – районов в городе Туле"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Тульской областной Думы", №11–12(142–143), часть 4, ноябрь–декабрь 2007 г.. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #954-ZTO of December 27, 2007 *On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast*, as amended by the Law #2131-ZTO of June 11, 2014 *On Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast" and the Law of Tula Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Administrative-Territorial Units–the Districts in the City of Tula"*. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication date.).

- Тульская областная Дума. Закон №552-ЗТО от 11 марта 2005 г. «О переименовании муниципального образования "город Щёкино и Щёкинский район" Тульской области, установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Щёкинского района Тульской области», в ред. Закона №1854-ЗТО от 17 декабря 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "О переименовании муниципального образования "город Щёкино и Щёкинский район" Тульской области, установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Щёкинского района Тульской области"». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тульские известия", №71–74, 24 марта 2005 г. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #552-ZTO of March 11, 2005 *On Renaming the Municipal Formation of "the Town of Shchyokino and Shchyokinsky District" of Tula Oblast, on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Shchyokinsky District of Tula Oblast*, as amended by the Law #1854-ZTO of December 17, 2012 *On Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On Renaming the Municipal Formation of "the Town of Shchyokino and Shchyokinsky District" of Tula Oblast, on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Shchyokinsky District of Tula Oblast"*. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).

v t e Administrative divisions of Tula Oblast Administrative center: Tula • Rural localities Administrative districts Aleksinsky Arsenyevsky Belyovsky Bogoroditsky Chernsky Dubensky Kamensky Kimovsky Kireyevsky Kurkinsky Leninsky Novomoskovsky Odoyevsky Plavsky Shchyokinsky Suvorovsky Tyoplo-Ogaryovsky Uzlovsky Venyovsky Volovsky Yasnogorsky Yefremovsky Zaoksky Cities and towns Aleksin Belyov Bogoroditsk Bolokhovo Chekalin Donskoy Kimovsk Kireyevsk Lipki Novomoskovsk Plavsk Shchekino Sovetsk Suvorov Tula Uzlovaya Venyov Yasnogorsk Yefremov Urban-type settlements Arsenyevo Chern Dubna Kurkino Novogurovsky Odoyev Pervomaysky Slavny Tyoploye Volovo Zaoksky

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