Sosnovka, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Sosnovka.
Sosnovka (English)
Сосновка (Russian)
-  Rural locality[1]  -
Selo[1]

Location of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Russia
Sosnovka
Location of Sosnovka in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates: 63°52′44″N 121°37′01″E / 63.87889°N 121.61694°ECoordinates: 63°52′44″N 121°37′01″E / 63.87889°N 121.61694°E
Administrative status (as of June 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district Vilyuysky District[1]
Urban okrug Vilyuysk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Municipal district Vilyuysky Municipal District[2]
Rural settlement Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 303 inhabitants[3][4]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5]

Sosnovka (Russian: Сосновка) is a rural locality (a selo), and one of two settlements in Vilyuysk Urban Okrug of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Vilyuysk, the administrative center of the Urban Okrug and the district. It is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) from Vilyuysk. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 303,[3][4] of whom 166 were male and 137 female, up from 267 recorded during the 2002 Census was 267.[1]

History

This settlement's village hall is said to be the remains of a leper hospital inspired by the British explorer Kate Marsden who travelled the length of Russia to find a cure for leprosy she had been told about. Marsden never said what the herb was. The heir apparent is now said to be a herb called kutchutka which was mentioned in an 1899 Sakha dictionary. One local herbalist told researchers in 2008 that it was so rare that he had not seen it recently. The researchers found the buildings that had made up the leprosarium that had closed in 1962. The village hall carries a plaque recording the centenary of Marsden's visit.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Law #173-Z 353-III
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 This figure is given for rural population of the urban settlement of Vilyuysk, a municipal formation of Vilyuysky Municipal District. According to Law #173-Z 353-III, Sosnova is the only inhabited rural locality on the territory of this municipal formation.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ Aston, Felicity (September 2008). "Searching for a miracle". Geographical.co.uk: 35–38. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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