Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast

Sowetsk (Russian Советск ) is a town in Kirov Oblast (Russia) with 16 598 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 140 km south of the Oblasthauptstadt Kirov near the mouth of the Pischma in the Vyatka, a right tributary of the Kama.

Sowetsk is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The place was built in 1594 ( according to other sources 1609) in the settlement area of ​​the Mari under the name Kukarka. In 1918 he received the present name the status of an urban-type settlement and 1937 city law.

Old town

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986), Soviet statesman
  • Boris Shishkin (1886-1963), botanist
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