Yefremov (town)
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Yefremov (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town and the administrative center of Yefremovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Krasivaya Mecha River (Don's tributary), Script error: No such module "convert". south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
It was founded in 1637 as a fortress defending the southern borders of the Tsardom of Russia.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was granted town status in 1777.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Yefremov was occupied by the German Army briefly during World War II. The occupation lasted from November 23 to December 13, 1941.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
A Soviet Air Force facility, Yefremov air base, was constructed east of the town during the Cold War.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In April 2022, a girl named Maria Moskalyova and her father were prosecuted for her anti-war drawing in the Masha Moskalyova case.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yefremov serves as the administrative centre of Yefremovsky District[3] and is incorporated within it as a town under district jurisdiction.[4][5] As a municipal division, the town of Yefremov, together with 206 rural localities in Yefremovsky District, is incorporated as Yefremov Urban Okrug.[6][5]
Economy
Since 1933 the Yefremovskaya CHP has been operating, which supplies industrial enterprises with electricity and the city with heat.
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- Yefremov Synthetic Rubber Plant (JSC "EZSK") (synthetic rubber);
- Yefremov Biochemical Plant (feed additives);
- Yefremov Chemical Plant (JSC Shchekinoazot, Yefremov branch) (sulfuric acid).
As of 2011, it the Cargill plant was Russia's largest molasses producer:
- Glucose-treacle combine "Yefremovsky" (molasses and syrups, starches, gluten, vegetable oils, fats and their substitutes, barley malt, compound feeds, premixes, semi-finished products from poultry meat). As of 2011, it was a division of Cargill, being renamed Cargill LLC in July.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
There are also a number of food industry enterprises in the city (bakery, dairy plant, etc.) working for the local market.
Sister city
References
Notes
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- ↑ Law #954-ZTO
- ↑ Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast.
- ↑ a b OKATO lists 1 town and 206 rural localities in Yefremovsky District. The town of Yefremov and 206 rural localities are listed as a part of Yefremov Urban Okrug in Law #2138-ZTO.
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Sources
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External links
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