Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Sovetsk (Russian: Сове́тск; German: Tilsit;[4] Old Prussian: Tilzi, Lithuanian: Tilžė; Polish: Tylża) is a border city located on the banks of the Memel in the Kaliningrad Oblast, which borders Lithuania. When it was part of Prussia and later Germany, it was known as Tilsit.
Sovetsk
Советск | |
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Town | |
 Old town of Sovetsk | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Sovetsk | |
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| Coordinates: 55°05′N 21°53′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Founded | 1288 |
| Town status since | 1552 |
| Government | |
| • Head | Viktor Smilgin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.4 km2 (17.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 41,705 |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
Administrative status | |
| • Subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Sovetsk |
| • Capital of | town of oblast significance of Sovetsk |
Municipal status | |
| • Urban okrug | Sovetsky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Sovetsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 238750 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 40161 |
| OKTMO ID | 27730000001 |
| Twin towns | Tauragė, Kiel, Bełchatów |
| Website | mosovetsk |
References
- Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
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