Yasnogorsk is a town and the administrative center of Yasnogorsky District

Yasnogorsky District

Yasnogorsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 23 in Tula Oblast, Russia....

 of Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast

Tula Oblast is a federal subject of Russia with its present borders formed on September 26, 1937. Its administrative center is the city of Tula. The oblast has an area of and a population of 1,553,874...

, 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 on the Vashana River (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...

's 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...

), 35 kilometres (21.7 mi) north of Tula

Tula, Russia

Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...

. Population:

The village of Laptevo has been known since the 15th–16th centuries. It was granted town status and renamed Laptev in 1958. It was renamed Yasnogorsk in 1965.

The Yasnogorsk Machine-Building Factory builds parts for wagons, pumps and locomotives for Russia's mining industry. The factory opened in 1895; along with jobs, the factory provided social services, in 1991 the factory owners gradually cut back on these services. In 2009, fewer than 280 workers were employed, from a peak of 7,000.