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Federal subject
  
Kirov Oblast

Town
  
Sovetsk

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:21 PM

Country
  
Russia

Administrative district
  
Sovetsky District

Area
  
26.38 km²

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Administrative center of
  
Sovetsky District, Town of Sovetsk

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 81% Humidity

Sovetsk (Russian: Сове́тск), formerly Kukarka (Russian: Кука́рка; Mari: Кукарка), is a town and the administrative center of Sovetsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population: 16,598 (2010 Census); 18,167 (2002 Census); 19,368 (1989 Census).

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Map of Sovietsk, Kirovskaya Oblast, Russia

Etymology

The origins of the name "Kukarka" are uncertain. It may derive from Mari words (stone) and karman (fortress) or from kugyrak (great). Attempts have been made to trace it to either Udmurt (kar "town") or Turkic (kukar "burned-away forest"). It is not related to the Russian word "кухарка" (kukharka, "female cook").

History

In the 12th century, it was a capital of the local principality of Chumbylat, a renowned Mari leader and warrior. Kukarka was occupied in 1594 by Russians during colonization of Mari land. Later it was a sloboda in Vyatka Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1918. Town status was granted to it in 1937, at which time its name was changed.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsk serves as the administrative center of Sovetsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sovetsky District as the Town of Sovetsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Sovetsk is incorporated within Sovetsky Municipal District as Sovetskoye Urban Settlement.

Notable people

Sovetsk is the birthplace of Vyacheslav Molotov.

References

Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast Wikipedia