Sovetsk (Kirov)

Federal district	Volga
Oblast	Kirov
Rajon	Sovetsk
mayor	Tatiana Kulpina
Founded	1594
Earlier names	Kukarka (until 1918)
City since	1937
surface	27 km²
population	16,598 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	615 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	100 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 83375
Post Code	613340-613343
License Plate	43
OKATO	33 236 501
Website	sovetsk.moy.su
Geographical location
Coordinates	57 ° 35 ' N , 48 ° 57' E Coordinates: 57 ° 35 '0 " N , 48 ° 57' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Kirov Oblast
	List of cities in Russia

Sowetsk ( Russian Советск ) is a city in Kirov Oblast ( Russia ) with 16,598 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 140 km south of the Oblast capital Kirov near the confluence of the Pishma in the Vyatka , a right tributary of the Kama .

Sovetsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

The place originated in 1594 (according to other sources 1609) in the settlement area of the Mari under the name Kukarka . In 1918 it was given the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name, and in 1937 it was given city rights.

Local museum
Old town

Population development

year	Residents
1939	10,764
1959	14,643
1970	17,027
1979	18,436
1989	19,368
2002	18,167
2010	16,598

Note: census data

sons and daughters of the town

Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Soviet statesman
Boris Schischkin (1886–1963), botanist

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Sowetsk - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

City website (Russian)
Sovetsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)


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