Kovylkino
Encyclopedia
Kovylkino is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
, located 116 kilometres (72.1 mi) southwest of Saransk
on the left bank of the Moksha River
(a tributary
of the Oka
). Population:
Town status was granted to it in 1960.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 116 kilometres (72.1 mi) southwest of Saransk
Saransk
Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow...
on the left bank of the Moksha River
Moksha River
Moksha is a river in central Russia, a right tributary of the Oka River. It is 656 kilometres in length....
(a tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Oka
Oka River
Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds...
). Population:
Town status was granted to it in 1960.