Chaplygin, Lipetsk Oblast
| Chaplygin (English) Чаплыгин (Russian) |
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| Administrative status (as of August 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Lipetsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Chaplyginsky District |
| Town under district jurisdiction | Chaplygin |
| Administrative center of | Chaplyginsky District, Chaplygin Town Under District Jurisdiction |
| Municipal status (as of December 2013) | |
| Municipal district | Chaplyginsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Chaplygin Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Chaplyginsky Municipal District, Chaplygin Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 12,656 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | First half of the 17th century |
| Town status since | 1778 |
| Postal code(s) | 399900, 399902, 399903, 399959 |
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Chaplygin (Russian: Чаплы́гин) is a town and the administrative center of Chaplyginsky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Stanovaya Ryasa and Yagodnaya Ryasa Rivers, 85 kilometers (53 mi) north of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 12,656 (2010 Census);13,656 (2002 Census);14,343 (1989 Census).
The settlement of Ust Stanovykh Ryas (Усть Становы́х Ряс) was founded on the territory of modern Chaplygin in the first half of the 17th century. It later grew into the village (selo) of Slobodskoye (Слободско́е). In 1695, Peter the Great built a small wooden palace in the vicinity, and in 1702 a small fortress under the name of Oraniyenburg (Ораниенбу́рг). The name, originally taken from that of the German town Oranienburg, was modified to Raninburg and later to Ranenburg (Раненбу́рг). Also in 1702, both the fortress and the village of Slobodskoye were granted to Alexander Menshikov, who built a small monastery here in 1712.
Town status was granted to Ranenburg in 1778. In 1948, it was renamed Chaplygin after the Russian physicist Sergey Chaplygin, who was born here in 1869.
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