Sovietskyi

Not to be confused with Sovietske.
Sovietskyi / Ichki
Советский / Ічкі / İçki
Rural settlement (de jure)
Urban-type settlement (de facto)
Sovietskyi / Ichki is located in Crimea
Sovietskyi / Ichki
Sovietskyi / Ichki
Location of Sovietskyi in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°20′49″N 34°56′00″E / 45.34694°N 34.93333°E / 45.34694; 34.93333
Country Ukraine (de jure)
 Russia (de facto)
RepublicAR Crimea (de jure)
Republic of Crimea (de facto)
DistrictFeodosia Raion (de jure)
Sovietskyi Raion (de facto)
Government
 • Town HeadAndriy Prytulenko
Elevation
[1]
19 m (62 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total
10,324
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK)
Postal code
97200
Area code+380 6551
Websitehttp://rada.gov.ua/
Map

Sovietskyi (Ukrainian: Совєтський; Russian: Советский) or Ichki (Ukrainian: Ічкі; Russian: Ички; Crimean Tatar: İçki) is an urban-type settlement in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The town also serves as the administrative center of the Sovietskyi Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings.[2]

Since the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the town has been under de facto Russian control. In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada passed decommunization legislation that renamed this town to Ichki (Ukrainian: Ічкі), though it hasn't yet been implemented since Ukraine doesn't control the town as of 2024.[3]

History

The area around today's settlement likely began between 3,000 and 1,000 BC. The first mention of the modern town in 1784 in a historian's report.[4]

Following the 1783 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, the town became under Russian control.[5] Since then, the town has administratively fallen under different districts, mainly in the Taurida Governorate.[6]

At the beginning of 1941, up to 5,400 people lived in the village of Ichki, and it was classified as an urban-type settlement.[7][8]

On December 14, 1944, as part of the Soviet Union's de-tatarization efforts, the government renamed the village from Ichki to Sovietskyi.[9]

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Crimea participated and voted in favor of independence during the Ukrainian independence referendum, and Sovietskyi became part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine in 1991.

In 2014, the town came under Russian control following the beginning of Russian occupation of Crimea and the subsequent Russian annexation.

In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada included Sovietskyi in a list of settlements that required renaming as part of the Ukrainian government's decommunization efforts.[10][11]

On May 12, 2016, the Verkhovna Rada approved legislation that legally changed the town's name back to Ichki, and also the Sovietskyi Raion to Ichki Raion.[12]

In 2023, the Ukrainian parliament passed a legislation redefining types of settlements, and most urban-type settlements, including Sovietskyi / Ichki, have been changed to be a rural settlement.[13]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian Census, its population is 10,963.[2]

As of 2014, the population is 10,324 (2014 Census).[14]

Education

References

  1. ^ "Sovietskyi (Crimea, Sovietskyi Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Sovietskyi, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sovietskyi Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 15 February 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів Автономної Республіки Крим та міста Севастополя" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. ^ Lashkov, F. F. (1888). "Камеральное описание Крыма, 1784 года" (in Russian). Simferopol.
  5. ^ Speranskyi, Mykhail (1830). "Высочайшій Манифестъ о принятіи полуострова Крымскаго, острова Тамана и всей Кубанской стороны, подъ Россійскую Державу". Полное собрание законов Российской Империи - Типография II Отделения Собственной Его Императорского Величества Канцелярии (in Russian). XXI: 1070.
  6. ^ Grzhybovskoy, G. N. (1999). "Административно-территориальные преобразования в Крыму. 1783—1998 гг. Справочник" (in Russian). Simferopol: Таврия-Плюс. p. 464. ISBN 966-7503-22-4.
  7. ^ "Советский район Крыма" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  8. ^ Образование рабочих посёлков (PDF) (in Russian). Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик. July 26, 1941. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-04.
  9. ^ "Указ Президиума ВС РСФСР от 14.12.1944 № 621/6 — Викитека". Russian wikisource (in Russian).
  10. ^ "Український інститут національної пам'яті. Перелік міст та сіл до перейменування" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  11. ^ "Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного ... | від 09.04.2015 № 317-VIII" (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada.
  12. ^ "Картка законопроекту - Законотворчість". Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian).
  13. ^ "The text of the law No. 8263" (PDF) (in Ukrainian).
  14. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.