Shchyokino (town), Tula Oblast

History

It was founded in 1871 in connection with the development of brown coal deposits and soon supplanted Krapivna as the main settlement in the district. It was granted town status in 1938.

Shchyokino is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 58,139 (2010 Census);[3] 61,588 (2002 Census);[9] 69,251 (1989 Census);[10] 72,000 (1977).