Avangard () is a rural locality (a village) in Unkosovskoye Rural Settlement of Chuchkovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The population was 370 as of 2018. There are 8 streets.
History The village of the Central Branch of the Unkosovo State Farm was renamed to Vanguard by a decree of the Presidium of the Armed Forces of the RSFSR In 1966. Ukaz Prezidiuma VS RSFSR ot 10.01.1966 g. «O pereimenovanii nekotorykh naselennykh punktov Ryazanskoy oblasti» // Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta RSFSR. — 1966. — № 2 (13 yanvarya) 171/5000 Decree of the Presidium of the Armed Forces of the RSFSR of 10.01.1966 "On the renaming of certain settlements of the Ryazan region" // Vedomosti of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR. - 1966. - No. 2 (January 13)
Geography Avangard is located 12 km east of Chuchkovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Unkosovo is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Авангарда до Чучкова
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