En Name: | Sovetsky |
Ru Name: | Советский |
Coordinates: | 61.3614°N 63.5842°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Sovetsky (Khanty-Mansyisky AO).png |
Federal Subject: | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
Adm District Jur: | Sovetsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Sovetsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Sovetsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Sovetsky Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Sovetsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Sovetsky Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 26495 |
Established Date: | 1963 |
Current Cat Date: | 1997 |
Postal Codes: | 628240–628242, 628244, 628249 |
Website: | http://www.sovinet.ru/ |
Sovetsky (Russian: Сове́тский) is a town and the administrative center of Sovetsky District in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located 470km (290miles) west of Khanty-Mansiysk, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population:
It was founded in 1963 and granted urban-type settlement status in 1963.[1] Town status was granted to it in 1997.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsky serves as the administrative center of Sovetsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[2] As a municipal division, the town of Sovetsky is incorporated within Sovetsky Municipal District as Sovetsky Urban Settlement.[3]
The town is served by the Sovetsky Airport.