Yefremov Ефремов
Town[1]
Sverdlova Street in central Yefremov
Coat of arms
Location of Yefremov
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Coordinates: 53°09′N 38°07′E / 53.150°N 38.117°E / 53.150; 38.117
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tula Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Yefremovsky District[1]
Town under district jurisdiction	Yefremov[2][3]
Founded	1637
Town status since	1777
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	42,350
Administrative status
• Capital of	Yefremovsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Yefremov Urban Okrug[5]
• Capital of	Yefremov Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	301840–301848, 301859
OKTMO ID	70714000001

Yefremov (Russian: Ефре́мов, Russian pronunciation: [jɪˈfrʲeməf]) is a town and the administrative center of Yefremovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Krasivaya Mecha River (Don's tributary), 149 kilometers (93 mi) south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 42,350 (2010 Census);^[4] 47,256 (2002 Census);^[8] 56,740 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

It was founded in 1637 as a fortress defending the southern borders of the Tsardom of Russia.^{[citation needed]} It was granted town status in 1777.^{[citation needed]}

Yefremov was occupied by the German Army briefly during World War II. The occupation lasted from November 23 to December 13, 1941.^{[citation needed]}

A Soviet Air Force facility, Yefremov air base, was constructed east of the town during the Cold War.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2022, a girl named Maria Moskalyova and her father were prosecuted for her anti-war drawing in the Masha Moskalyova case.^{[citation needed]}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yefremov serves as the administrative centre of Yefremovsky District^[1] and is incorporated within it as a town under district jurisdiction.^[2][3] As a municipal division, the town of Yefremov, together with 206 rural localities in Yefremovsky District, is incorporated as Yefremov Urban Okrug.^[5][3]

Since 1933 the Yefremovskaya CHP has been operating, which supplies industrial enterprises with electricity and the city with heat.

Yefremov is a diversified industrial city, its economy was based^[when?] on three chemical plants:^{[citation needed]}

• Yefremov Synthetic Rubber Plant (JSC "EZSK") (synthetic rubber);
• Yefremov Biochemical Plant (feed additives);
• Yefremov Chemical Plant (JSC Shchekinoazot, Yefremov branch) (sulfuric acid).

As of 2011, it the Cargill plant was Russia's largest molasses producer:

• Glucose-treacle combine "Yefremovsky" (molasses and syrups, starches, gluten, vegetable oils, fats and their substitutes, barley malt, compound feeds, premixes, semi-finished products from poultry meat). As of 2011, it was a division of Cargill, being renamed Cargill LLC in July.^{[citation needed]}

There are also a number of food industry enterprises in the city (bakery, dairy plant, etc.) working for the local market.

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• Тульская областная Дума. Закон №954-ЗТО от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области», в ред. Закона №2131-ЗТО от 11 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области" и Закон Тульской области "Об установлении границ административно-территориальных единиц – районов в городе Туле"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Тульской областной Думы", №11–12(142–143), часть 4, ноябрь–декабрь 2007 г.. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #954-ZTO of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast, as amended by the Law #2131-ZTO of June 11, 2014 On Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast" and the Law of Tula Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Administrative-Territorial Units–the Districts in the City of Tula". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication date.).
• Тульская областная Дума. Закон №2138-ЗТО от 11 июня 2014 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Ефремовского района Тульской области», в ред. Закона №2181-ЗТО от 30 сентября 2014 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 5 Закона Тульской области "О преобразовании муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Ефремовского района Тульской области"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Сборник правовых актов Тульской области и иной официальной информации", 11 июня 2014 г. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #2138-ZTO of June 11, 2014 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yefremovsky District of Tula Oblast, as amended by the Law #2181-ZTO of September 30, 2014 On Amending Article 5 of the Law of Tula Oblast "On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yefremovsky District of Tula Oblast". Effective as of the day following the 10 days after the day of the official publication.).
• Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 70», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 70, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).

• Unofficial website of Yefremov (in Russian)