Yefremov (town)

Yefremov (Ефре́мов, ) is a town and the administrative center of Yefremovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Krasivaya Mecha River (Don's tributary), 149 km south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

History
It was founded in 1637 as a fortress defending the southern borders of the Tsardom of Russia. It was granted town status in 1777.

Yefremov was occupied by the German Army briefly during World War II. The occupation lasted from November 23 to December 13, 1941.

A Soviet Air Force facility, Yefremov air base, was constructed east of the town during the Cold War.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yefremov serves as the administrative centre of Yefremovsky District and is incorporated within it as a town under district jurisdiction. As a municipal division, the town of Yefremov, together with 206 rural localities in Yefremovsky District, is incorporated as Yefremov Urban Okrug.

Economy
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 is based on three chemical plants:


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

Russia's largest molasses production:


 * 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). It is currently a division of Cargill. On July 1, 2011 it was renamed Cargill LLC.

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

Sister city

 * 🇸🇰 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia