Sovetsk, Tula Oblast
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Sovetsk (Russian: Сове́тск) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Upa River (Oka's basin), 43 km south of Tula. Population: 8,770 (2002 Census); 10,077 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1950 as the work settlement of Sovetsky (Сове́тский). It received town status in 1954.
Cities and towns in Tula Oblast | ||
Administrative center: Tula Aleksin | Belyov | Bogoroditsk | Bolokhovo | Chekalin | Donskoy | Kimovsk | Kireyevsk | Lipki | Novomoskovsk | Plavsk | Shchyokino | Sokolniki | Sovetsk | Suvorov | Uzlovaya | Venyov | Yasnogorsk | Yefremov |