Alikovsky District

**Alikovsky District** (; , _Elĕk rajonĕ_) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Krasnochetaysky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a _selo_) of Alikovo. Population:  The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

## History

The district was formed on October 1, 1927.

## Economy

There is a construction plant in Alikovo.

### Transportation

The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.

## Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, 98% of the population was Chuvash.

## Education

There is a middle school in Alikovo.

## Culture

There is a museum, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. _Viryal's pancakes_) takes place in May of each year.

## Notable people

- Alexander Artemiev, writer and poet
- Anatoly Serep, writer and poet
- Arcady Aris, writer
- Arkady Malov, poet and translator
- Boris Markov, actor, director
- Gerasim Pileš, writer and playwright
- Ille Toktash, writer and poet
- Nikita Larionov, writer and poet
- Nikolai Yut, writer, folklorist, and literature critic
- Stanislav Voronov, artist

## Further reading

- L. A. Yefimov, "Alikovsky District" ("Элĕк Енĕ"), Alikovo, 1994.
- "Аликовская энциклопедия" (Alikovsky District's Encyclopedia), authors: Yefimov L.A., Yefimov E.L., Ananyev A.A., Terentyev G.K., Cheboksary, 2009, .

## Infobox (russian district)

- **en name**: Alikovsky District
- **ru name**: Аликовский район
- **loc lang1**: Элĕк районĕ
- **loc name1**: Chuvash
- **image map**: ChuvashAlikov.PNG
- **map caption**: Location of Alikovsky District in the Chuvash Republic
- **image view**: Univermag Alikovo.jpg
- **image caption**: Shopping center in Alikovo, Alikovsky District
- **image flag**: Flag of Alikovsky rayon (Chuvashia).png
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- **federal subject**: Chuvash Republic
- **adm data as of**: December 2011
- **adm ctr type**: _village#Russia, selo_
- **adm ctr name**: Alikovo, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic, Alikovo
- **selsoviet type1**: rural settlement
- **no of selsoviets type1**: 12
- **no of rural localities**: 115
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- **mun data as of**: November 2011
- **mun formation1**: Alikovsky Municipal District
- **mun formation1 no of urban settlements**: 0
- **mun formation1 no of rural settlements**: 12
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- **pop 2010census**: 18282
- **urban pop 2010census**: 0%
- **rural pop 2010census**: 100%
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- **established date**: October 1, 1927
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- **website**: http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=57
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- **date**: November 2009