Sovetsk

Sovetsk is a city of 39,000 people in of on the south bank of the Neman River which forms the border with Lithuania.
  • Town with about 38,300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Тильзит”
  • …dates from 1288
  • Description: city in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as
    “Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast”
    “Til’zit”
    “Tilsit”
    “Tilžė”

Places of Interest

Discover Tilsit Theatre and Queen Louise bridge.
Theater building
is a theater building.
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Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panemunė and Pagėgiai.
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Town
is the smallest settlement with city status in .
is a town in south-western .
6 km north of Sovetsk
Village
is a village.
6 km southeast of Sovetsk
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Latitude
55.081° or 55° 4′ 52″ north
Longitude
21.8883° or 21° 53′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
RU SSK
Open location code
9G733VJQ+98
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sovetsk” goes by many names.
تيلسيتArabic
سوفتسكArabic
سوفتسك، كالينينغراد أوبلاستArabic
ՍովետսկArmenian
ՏիլզիտArmenian
SovetskAzerbaijani
SovetskBasque
TilsitBasque
TilžėBasque
СавецкBelarusian
ТыльзытBelarusian
SovjetskBosnian
СоветскBulgarian
SovetskCatalan
TilsitCatalan
SovetskCebuano
СоветскChechen
Советск (Калининградан область)Chechen
索维茨克Chinese
苏维埃茨克Chinese
蒂爾西特Chinese
蘇維埃茨克Chinese
СоветскChuvash
SovetskCrimean Tatar
Sovetsk (Kaliningrad vilâyeti)Crimean Tatar
SovjetskCroatian
SovětskCzech
TilsitCzech
TylžeCzech
SovetskDanish
SovjetskDanish
SovetskDimli (individual language)
SovjetskDutch
SovetskEsperanto
SovetskEstonian
SovetskFinnish
Tilsit (historical)German
ΣοβιέτσκGreek
סובטסקHebrew
SzovjetszkHungarian
SovetskIndonesian
Sovetsk, KaliningradIndonesian
SovetskItalian
ソヴィェツクJapanese
소베츠크Korean
TilsaLatin
SovetskaLatvian
SovetskasLithuanian
SovietskasLithuanian
Tilžė (historical)Lithuanian
TelsLow German
SowetskLuxembourgish
СоветскMacedonian
ТилзитMacedonian
TilsitMalagasy
SovetskMin Nan Chinese
Sovetsk (Kaliningrad Chiu)Min Nan Chinese
SowetskNorthern Frisian
SowjetskNorthern Frisian
SovetskNorwegian
SovjetskNorwegian
SovetskNorwegian Bokmål
Sovetsk (Kaliningrad oblast)Norwegian Bokmål
SovjetskNorwegian Bokmål
TilsitNorwegian Bokmål
SovetskNorwegian Nynorsk
Sovetsk i Kaliningrad oblastNorwegian Nynorsk
SovetskOccitan (post 1500)
СоветскOssetian
Советск (Калининграды облæст)Ossetian
سووتسکPersian
سووتسک، کالینینگرادPersian
SowieckPolish
TylżaPolish
SovețkRomanian
SovetskRomanian
Сове́тскRussian
Советск (Калининградская область)Russian
ТильзитRussian
SovetskScots
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad OblastScots
СовјетскSerbian
SovetskSerbo-Croatian
SovjetskSerbo-Croatian
SovietskSlovak
SovjetskSlovenian
TilsitSlovenian
سووتسکSouth Azerbaijani
SovetskSwedish
SovetskTagalog
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad OblastTagalog
SovetskTalysh
Sovetsk (Kaliningrad)Talysh
СоветскTatar
SovetskTurkish
SovyetskTurkish
СовєтськUkrainian
SowjetskUpper Sorbian
SovetskUzbek
Sovetsk (Kaliningrad viloyati)Uzbek
SovetskVeps
SovetskVietnamese
SovetskWaray (Philippines)
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad OblastWaray (Philippines)
SovetskWelsh
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Kaliningrad Oblast: Highlights

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