Sovetsky (russian: Сове́тский) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Sovetsky District in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, located west of

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a city and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. It stan ...

, the administrative center of the

autonomous okrug Autonomous okrugs ( rus, автономный округ, ''avtonomnyy okrug''; more correctly referred to as "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation and simultaneously an administrati ...

. Population:

History

It was founded in 1963 and granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1963. Town status was granted to it in 1997.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsky serves as the

of Sovetsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #43-oz As a municipal division, the

of Sovetsky is incorporated within Sovetsky Municipal District as Sovetsky Urban Settlement.Law #63-oz

Transportation

The town is served by the

Sovetsky Airport Sovetsky Tyumenskaya Airport (russian: Аэропорт Советский) is an airport in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest ...

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Cities and towns in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug