title: Avangard, Ryazan Oblast
text: # Avangard, Ryazan Oblast
  
  Avangard (Russian: Авангард) 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.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Avangard is located 12 km east of Chuchkovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Unkosovo is the nearest rural locality.
  
  