Krasnoslobodsk, Republic of Mordovia
Encyclopedia
Krasnoslobodsk is a town and the administrative center of Krasnoslobodsky District
of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
, located 107 kilometres (66.5 mi) west of Saransk
on the left bank of the Moksha River
(a tributary
of the Oka
). Population:
It has been known since 1571; town status was granted to it in 1780.
Krasnoslobodsky District
Krasnoslobodsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Krasnoslobodsk. District's population: 28,703 ; Population of Krasnoslobodsk accounts for 37.8% of the district's population....
of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
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 107 kilometres (66.5 mi) west 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:
It has been known since 1571; town status was granted to it in 1780.