Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Sovetsk
Советск | |
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Historic city center with preserved old townhouses | |
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| Coordinates: 55°04′51″N 21°53′11″E / 55.08083°N 21.88639°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Founded | 1288 |
| Town status since | 1552 |
| Government | |
| • Head | Viktor Smilgin |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 41,705 |
• Estimate (2002) | 43,224 (+3.6%) |
| • Subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Sovetsk |
| • Capital of | town of oblast significance of Sovetsk |
| • Urban okrug | Sovetsky Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Sovetsky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1 ) |
| Postal code | 238750 |
| Dialing code | +7 40161 |
| OKTMO ID | 27730000001 |
| Website | sovetsk |
Sovetsk (Russian: Сове́тск; German: Tilsit [ˈtɪlzɪt] ⓘ; Lithuanian: Tilžė; Polish: Tylża) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania.
Founded in the medieval period and granted municipal rights in 1552, it is one of the historically most important towns of the oblast and the traditional capital of the region of Lithuania Minor. It was the place where two treaties were concluded, of great importance in the history of France, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Russia. It is the place of origin of the Tilsit cheese.
With a population of 38,614 as of 2023 it is the second largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast.