Sychyovka, Sychyovsky District, Smolensk Oblast

Sychyovka (in English)
Сычёвка (Russian)
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In Sychyovka

Location of Smolensk Oblast in Russia
Sychyovka
Location of Sychyovka in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°50′N 34°17′E / 55.833°N 34.283°E / 55.833; 34.283Coordinates: 55°50′N 34°17′E / 55.833°N 34.283°E / 55.833; 34.283
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Smolensk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Sychyovsky District[1]
Urban settlement Sychyovskoye[1]
Administrative center of Sychyovsky District,[1] Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2011)
Municipal district Sychyovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Sychyovsky Municipal District,[2] Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Area (urban settlement) (February 2014) 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi)[1]
Population (2010 Census) 8,111 inhabitants[4]
Density 735/km2 (1,900/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
First mentioned 1488
Town status since 1776
Postal code(s)[7] 215279, 215280
Sychyovka on Wikimedia Commons

Sychyovka (Russian: Сычёвка) is a town and the administrative center of Sychyovsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located between the Vazuza and Losmina Rivers, 234 kilometers (145 mi) northeast of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 8,111 (2010 Census);[4] 8,683 (2002 Census);[8] 9,643 (1989 Census).[9]

Etymology

The name of the town derives from the Russian word "сыч" (sych), which literally means "little owl", but can also mean "a gloomy person".

History

It was first mentioned in 1488 as a votchina of a Tver prince Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III. In 1493, it became a palace village in Vyazminsky Uyezd. In 1776, Sychyovka was granted town status. During World War II, the town was occupied by the German Army from October 10, 1941 to March 8, 1943.

On January 7, 1943, Jews of the town are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sychyovka serves as the administrative center of Sychyovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sychyovsky District as Sychyovskoye Urban Settlement.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Sychyovsky Municipal District.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Resolution #261
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #106-z
  3. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 66 646 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 66 646 101. ).
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.yahadmap.org/#village/sychyovka-smolensk-russia.539

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