Sovetskoye (Altai Region)

Village Sovetskoye Советское Federal district Siberia region Altai Rajon Sowetski Founded 1856 Earlier names Grjasnucha (1856–1960) population 5233 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38598 Post Code 659540 License Plate 22nd OKATO 01 242 852 001 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 17 '  N , 85 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 17 '15 "  N , 85 ° 24' 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Altai region

Sovetskoje ( Russian Сове́тское ) is a village (selo) in the Altai region ( Russia ) with 5233 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 160 km as the crow flies southeast of the regional administrative center of Barnaul and 30 km south-southeast of Biysk in the Voraltaebene (Predaltaiskaja rawnina). It is located on the left bank of the Kamenka , which flows into the Katun from the left at Biysk , a little above its junction with the Biia to the Ob .

Sowetskoje is the administrative seat of the Sovetski Rajons and the seat and only locality of the rural municipality of Sowetski selsowet .

history

The village was founded in 1856 under the name Grjasnucha . It has been the center of a Rajon since 1935. In 1960, the renaming of the village and Rajons took place in Sowetskoje or Sovetsky, or about Soviet village and -rajon - the old name referred to the Russian word grjas for dirt.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3108
1959	3132
1970	3510
1979	4340
1989	5366
2002	5484
2010	5233

Note: census data

traffic

The place is on the regional road R369, which branches off south of Biysk from the R368 , which follows the Kamenka up to Altaiskoje and connects to the M52 trunk road in the neighboring Republic of Altai near Tscherga .

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)