Sovietske should not be confused with Sovietskyi.
Sovietske | |||||||||||
Native Name: | Совєтське | ||||||||||
Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||||
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement | ||||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Crimea | ||||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sovietske in Crimea | ||||||||||
Coordinates: | 44.5314°N 34.1881°W | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Republic | ||||||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Crimea | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Yalta Raion | ||||||||||
Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||||
Established Date: | 1929 | ||||||||||
Established Title1: | Town status | ||||||||||
Established Date1: | 1971 | ||||||||||
Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||||
Area Total Km2: | 0.326 | ||||||||||
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||
Elevation M: | 458 | ||||||||||
Population Total: | 670 | ||||||||||
Population As Of: | 2014 | ||||||||||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||||
Timezone: | MSK | ||||||||||
Utc Offset: | +4 | ||||||||||
Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||||
Postal Code: | 98653 | ||||||||||
Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||||
Area Code: | +380 654 | ||||||||||
Website: | http://rada.gov.ua/ | ||||||||||
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Sovietske (uk|Совєтське; ru|Советское) or Dolossy[2] (uk|Долосси; crh|Dolossı) is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.[3]
The settlement was first founded in 1929 after the creation of the "Dolossi" resort hotel. Sovietske is located on Crimea's southern shore at an elevation of 458m (1,503feet).[1] It is administratively subordinate to the Massandra Settlement Council.[3] Its population was 511 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[3] Current population:
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 Ukrainian census[4]
Language | Percentage | |
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Russian | 53.2% | |
Ukrainian | 46.4% | |
other/undecided | 0.4% |