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Alikovsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
selo of Alikovo

Rural localities
  
115

Area
  
554.1 km²

Federal subject
  
Chuvash Republic

rural settlement
  
12

Founded
  
1927

Alikovsky District

Municipally incorporated as
  
Alikovsky Municipal District

Alikovsky District (Russian: А́ликовский райо́н; Chuvash: Элĕк районĕ, Elĕk rajonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Krasnochetaysky District in the west. The area of the district is 554.1 square kilometers (213.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alikovo. Population: 18,282 (2010 Census); 21,745 (2002 Census); 23,575 (1989 Census). The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Alikovsky District, Chuvashia Republic, Russia

History

The district was formed on October 1, 1927.

Economy

There is a construction plant in Alikovo.

Transportation

The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, 98% of the population was Chuvash.

Education

There is a middle school in Alikovo.

Culture

There is a museum, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. Viryal's pancakes) takes place in May of each year.

Notable people

  • Alexander Artemiev, writer and poet
  • Anatoly Serep, writer and poet
  • Arcady Aris, writer
  • Arkady Malov, poet and translator
  • Boris Markov, actor, director
  • Gerasim Pileš, writer and playwright
  • Ille Toktash, writer and poet
  • Nikita Larionov, writer and poet
  • Nikolai Yut, writer, folklorist, and literature critic
  • Stanislav Voronov, artist
  • References

    Alikovsky District Wikipedia