Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast

Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast

Sovetsk ( _ru. Сове́тск) is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population: 18,167 (2002 Census); 19,368 (1989 Census).

First references to Kukarka ( _ru. Кукарка), the settlement's original name, are from 1594. It was later a sloboda in Vyatka Guberniya of Imperial Russia. It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed in 1918. Town status was granted to it in 1937.

The origins of the name "Kukarka" are uncertain. Attempts have been made trace it to either Udmurt ("kar" = "town") or Turkic ("kukar" = "burned-away forest"). It is "not" related to the Russian word _ru. кухарка ("kukharka", female cook).

Sovetsk (Kukarka) is the birthplace of Vyacheslav Molotov.

External links

* [http://www.mojgorod.ru/kirovsk_obl/sovetskkr/index.html An entry on Sovetsk at MojGorod.ru]


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