Vesyoloye, Krasnodar Krai

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Vesyoloye (English) Весёлое (Russian)
- Rural locality - Selo^{[citation needed]}

Location of Krasnodar Krai in Russia
Vesyoloye Location of Vesyoloye in Krasnodar Krai
Coordinates: 43°23′58″N 39°59′17″E / 43.39944°N 39.98806°E / 43.39944; 39.98806Coordinates: 43°23′58″N 39°59′17″E / 43.39944°N 39.98806°E / 43.39944; 39.98806
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai
Administratively subordinated to	City of Sochi^{[citation needed]}
City district	Adlersky City District^{[citation needed]}
Rural okrug	Nizhneshilovsky Rural Okrug^{[citation needed]}
Municipal status
Urban okrug	Sochi Urban Okrug^{[citation needed]}
Statistics
Population (2002 est.)	4,100 inhabitants^{[citation needed]}
Time zone	MSK (UTC+04:00)^[1]

Vesyoloye (Russian: Весёлое; IPA: [vʲɪsʲolɐjɐ]) is a rural locality (a selo) in Nizhneshilovsky Rural Okrug under the administrative jurisdiction of Adlersky City District of the City of Sochi. Population: 4,100 (2002 est.).^{[citation needed]}

Etymology

The locality's name in Russian means "cheerful" and was given due to its beautiful and "cheerful-looking" environs.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

The Psou River divides Vesyoloye with Georgia and traffic between Russian and Georgia is regulated by the Psou border control center. Vesyoloye stands on the M27 Highway which terminates at the Russian-Georgian border.

Science and culture

Vesyoloye is notable for its Research Institute of Medical Primatology, established in 1927.

In 2008, an ethnographic museum opened in Vesyoloye, containing exhibits of archaic materials which various ethnic groups (Russians, Armenians, Adyghe, Georgians) in the region used.^[2]

References

↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
↑ Новый этнографический музей в Сочи Курорты Кубани: Курортные новости, 24 July 2008.

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