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Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast

Coordinates: 55°05′N 21°53′E / 55.083°N 21.883°E / 55.083; 21.883
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Sovetsk
Советск
Town
Old town of Sovetsk
Old town of Sovetsk
Flag of Sovetsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Sovetsk
Coat of arms
Location of Sovetsk
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CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast
Founded1288
Town status since1552
Government
 • HeadViktor Smilgin
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total41,705
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Sovetsk
 • Capital oftown of oblast significance of Sovetsk
 • Urban okrugSovetsky Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofSovetsky Urban Okrug
Postal code(s)[2]
238750
Dialing code(s)+7 40161
Websitemosovetsk.ru

Sovetsk (Russian: Сове́тск; German: Tilsit;[3] 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.

References[change]

  1. ↑ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. ↑ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in Deutsch). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
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