Drakino, Republic of Mordovia

54°3.2′N 43°15.96′E / 54.0533°N 43.26600°E / 54.0533; 43.26600

Drakino (Moksha: Трака, Traka; Russian: Дра́кино) is a rural locality (selo) in Torbeyevsky District of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located on the Arziponer River (Partsa's tributary) some 168 kilometres (104 mi) west of the Mordovia's capital Saransk, and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Torbeyevo. Postal code: 431048. Telephone code: +7 834-56.

Drakino is conveniently located near Torbeyevo railway station and the R-180 motorway (Saransk–Krasnoslobodsk–Novye Vyselki), as well as in 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the federal highway M5 (Moscow–Samara–Chelyabinsk).

Mordvins (Shoksha, ethnographic subgroup of Erzyas) account for the majority of the population of Drakino.

Drakino was first mentioned in chronicles in 1669.

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