Sowetski (Mari El)

Urban-type settlement Sowetski Советский ( Russian ) У Роҥго ( Mari ) Federal district Volga republic Mari El Rajon Sowetski Founded 1958 Urban-type settlement since 1965 population 10,664 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83638 Post Code 425400 License Plate 12 OKATO 88 252 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 45 ′  N , 48 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 45 ′ 30 "  N , 48 ° 28 ′ 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Mari El

List of large settlements in Russia

Sowetski ( Russian Сове́тский ; Mari У Роҥго , U Roňgo ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Mari El ( Russia ) with 10,664 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located in the Volga region about 40 kilometers northeast of the republic capital Yoshkar-Ola on the river Ronga in the river system of the left Volga tributary Kleine Kokschaga (Malaja Kokschaga).

Sowetski is the administrative center of the Sowetski Rajons of the same name .

history

The place arose in the 1950s in connection with the establishment of a furniture factory immediately west of the village of Fokino, which had been the administrative seat of Ronga Rajon since 1953. The year of foundation of the Sowetski settlement is 1958; that year the Rajon administration was transferred there. In 1960 the Rajon received the name Sovetsky, and in 1965 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

The place name in Mari, U Roňgo, stands for New Ronga and refers to the name of the river and the seven kilometers south of the village Ronga, after which the Rajon, founded in 1935, was originally named.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	2,088
1970	5,019
1979	7,750
1989	11,380
2002	10,806
2010	10,664

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Local building company is a large furniture factory. There are also companies in the food industry.

The regional road R 172 runs through Sowetski from Yoshkar-Ola, where the nearest railway station is located, to Urschum in the neighboring Kirov Oblast .

A few kilometers east of the village is a 350-meter-high television and radio transmission mast erected in 1984 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sowetsky on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
3. ↑ Broadcasting in Yoshkar-Ola ( memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian, photo )