The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922, when it replaced a number of terms that could have been translated by the English term "town" (Russia – posad, Ukraine – містечко, mistechko, Belarus – мястэчка, miastečka (the last two are diminutives from місто and места, correspondingly, similarly to the Polish word: miasteczko, lit. 'small town' being derived from miasto) and others). It was introduced later in Poland (1954) and Bulgaria (1964). All the urban-type settlements in Poland were transformed into other types of settlement (town or village) in 1972, while in Bulgaria and five of the post-Soviet republics (Armenia, Moldova, and the three Baltic states), they were changed in the early 1990s. Today, this term is still used in the other nine post-Soviet republics – Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
What counts as an urban-type settlement differs between time periods and countries and often between different divisions of a single country. However, the criteria generally focus on the presence of urban infrastructure or resort facilities for urban residents.
In the Soviet Union the criteria of urban-type settlements were set independently by the Soviet Republics. Those criteria, however, only differed very slightly from one republic to another.[citation needed]
Russian SFSR
In the Russian SFSR, urban-type settlements were subdivided into three types:
Work settlements (рабочие посёлки): localities with factories, mining industry, power stations, construction industry, with population of at least 3,000 and with at least 85% of the population being workers, professionals, and the members of their families;[citation needed]
Resort settlements (курортные посёлки): localities focusing on resort and health facilities (around beaches, mineral waterspas, etc.), with population of at least 2,000, with at least 50% of the average annual population being non-permanent residents;[citation needed]
Suburban settlements (dacha settlements, дачные посёлки): settlements with a focus on private summer-time and weekend recreation, with no more than 25% of the permanent population being employed in the agricultural sector.[citation needed]
Ukrainian SSR
In 1981, the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic defined an urban-type settlement as follows:[1] "To the category of an urban-type settlement may be included any settlement located near industrial enterprises, buildings, railroad connections, hydro-technical constructions, and enterprises in production and refining of agrarian products as well as settlements that include higher or middle occupation educational establishments, science-researching institutions, sanatoria, and other stationary treatment and recreation establishments that have a state housing provided to no less than 2,000 inhabitants[2] out of which no less than two-thirds consist of workers, servicemen, and their families.[citation needed]
In exceptional cases, settlements could be classified to the category of urban-type settlements if they had a population less than 2,000, but more than 500; this happened when they had a close perspective of an economic and social development or a potential increase in number of people.[citation needed]
The term was introduced in Ukraine in 1920s and became official since the resolution of the Central Executive Committee of Ukraine of October 28, 1925 replacing all towns (mistechko) as urban-type settlement.[citation needed]
According to a 1998 law of Belarus,[3] there are three categories of urban-type settlement in the country:
Urban settlements: with population over 2,000, industrial enterprises and developed residential infrastructure
Resort settlements: with population of at least 2,000, sanatoriums, resorts or other health recuperation establishments, and developed residential infrastructure
Worker settlements: with population at least 500, servicing industrial enterprises, construction sites, railroad stations, electric stations, or other industrial objects.
In accordance with the 2008 Law on Administrative and Territorial Subdivision of Kyrgyzstan,[4] urban-type settlements are those that comprise economically significant facilities such as industrial plants, railway stations, construction sites, etc., as well as settlements with a recreational potential with population of at least 2,000. In exceptional cases, administrative, economic and cultural centers with a potential of economical development and population growth can be classified as urban-type settlements.
Russia
Inhabited localities
In modern Russia, the task of deciding whether an inhabited locality meets the criteria of urban-type settlements is delegated to the federal subjects. In most cases, the federal subject's legislative body is responsible for all administrative and territorial changes, including granting and revoking of the urban-type settlement and town status.
Administrative divisions
Apart from being used to refer to a type of inhabited locality, the term "urban-type settlement" and its variations is also used to refer to a division of an administrative district, and sometimes to a division administratively subordinated to a city district of a city of federal subject significance. This kind of administrative division is equal in status to the towns of district significance and selsoviets, and is normally centered on an inhabited locality with urban-type settlement status. As of 2013, the following types of such entities are recognized:
^(in Ukrainian) Official Decree of the Presidium of Verkhovna Rada of March 12, 1981
^Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Українська радянська енциклопедія), vol. 10, p. 94 , 1983
^Закон Республики Беларусь от 5 мая 1998 г. № 154-З «Об административно-территориальном делении и порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Беларусь»
^Кыргызской Республики от 25 апреля 2008 г. № 65 «Об административно-территориальном делении Кыргызской Республики»
January 08, 2023
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Urban type settlement note 1 is an official designation for a semi urban settlement previously called a town used in several Eastern European countries The term was historically used in Bulgaria Poland and the Soviet Union and remains in use today in 10 of the post Soviet states Urban structure in the town center of Sortavala in Republic of Karelia Russia The designation was used in all 15 member republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 when it replaced a number of terms that could have been translated by the English term town Russia posad Ukraine mistechko mistechko Belarus myastechka miastecka the last two are diminutives from misto and mesta correspondingly similarly to the Polish word miasteczko lit small town being derived from miasto and others It was introduced later in Poland 1954 and Bulgaria 1964 All the urban type settlements in Poland were transformed into other types of settlement town or village in 1972 while in Bulgaria and five of the post Soviet republics Armenia Moldova and the three Baltic states they were changed in the early 1990s Today this term is still used in the other nine post Soviet republics Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan What counts as an urban type settlement differs between time periods and countries and often between different divisions of a single country However the criteria generally focus on the presence of urban infrastructure or resort facilities for urban residents Contents 1 Soviet Union 1 1 Russian SFSR 1 2 Ukrainian SSR 2 Post Soviet states 2 1 Belarus 2 2 Georgia 2 3 Kyrgyzstan 2 4 Russia 2 4 1 Inhabited localities 2 4 2 Administrative divisions 2 5 Ukraine 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesSoviet Union EditIn the Soviet Union the criteria of urban type settlements were set independently by the Soviet Republics Those criteria however only differed very slightly from one republic to another citation needed Russian SFSR Edit In the Russian SFSR urban type settlements were subdivided into three types Work settlements rabochie posyolki localities with factories mining industry power stations construction industry with population of at least 3 000 and with at least 85 of the population being workers professionals and the members of their families citation needed Resort settlements kurortnye posyolki localities focusing on resort and health facilities around beaches mineral water spas etc with population of at least 2 000 with at least 50 of the average annual population being non permanent residents citation needed Suburban settlements dacha settlements dachnye posyolki settlements with a focus on private summer time and weekend recreation with no more than 25 of the permanent population being employed in the agricultural sector citation needed Ukrainian SSR Edit In 1981 the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic defined an urban type settlement as follows 1 To the category of an urban type settlement may be included any settlement located near industrial enterprises buildings railroad connections hydro technical constructions and enterprises in production and refining of agrarian products as well as settlements that include higher or middle occupation educational establishments science researching institutions sanatoria and other stationary treatment and recreation establishments that have a state housing provided to no less than 2 000 inhabitants 2 out of which no less than two thirds consist of workers servicemen and their families citation needed In exceptional cases settlements could be classified to the category of urban type settlements if they had a population less than 2 000 but more than 500 this happened when they had a close perspective of an economic and social development or a potential increase in number of people citation needed The term was introduced in Ukraine in 1920s and became official since the resolution of the Central Executive Committee of Ukraine of October 28 1925 replacing all towns mistechko as urban type settlement citation needed Post Soviet states EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Belarus Edit Main article Urban type settlements in Belarus According to a 1998 law of Belarus 3 there are three categories of urban type settlement in the country Urban settlements with population over 2 000 industrial enterprises and developed residential infrastructure Resort settlements with population of at least 2 000 sanatoriums resorts or other health recuperation establishments and developed residential infrastructure Worker settlements with population at least 500 servicing industrial enterprises construction sites railroad stations electric stations or other industrial objects Georgia Edit Main article Daba settlement Kyrgyzstan Edit In accordance with the 2008 Law on Administrative and Territorial Subdivision of Kyrgyzstan 4 urban type settlements are those that comprise economically significant facilities such as industrial plants railway stations construction sites etc as well as settlements with a recreational potential with population of at least 2 000 In exceptional cases administrative economic and cultural centers with a potential of economical development and population growth can be classified as urban type settlements Russia Edit Inhabited localities Edit In modern Russia the task of deciding whether an inhabited locality meets the criteria of urban type settlements is delegated to the federal subjects In most cases the federal subject s legislative body is responsible for all administrative and territorial changes including granting and revoking of the urban type settlement and town status Administrative divisions Edit Apart from being used to refer to a type of inhabited locality the term urban type settlement and its variations is also used to refer to a division of an administrative district and sometimes to a division administratively subordinated to a city district of a city of federal subject significance This kind of administrative division is equal in status to the towns of district significance and selsoviets and is normally centered on an inhabited locality with urban type settlement status As of 2013 the following types of such entities are recognized Resort settlement kurortnyj posyolok in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Settlement posyolok in the Republic of Dagestan and the Sakha Republic in Krasnoyarsk and Stavropol Krais Settlement administration poselkovaya administraciya in Altai Krai Settlement administrative okrug poselkovyj administrativnyj okrug in Bryansk Oblast Settlement council possovet in the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Udmurt Republic in Altai Krai in Tambov Oblast Settlement municipal formation municipalnoe obrazovanie so statusom poseleniya in Leningrad Oblast Settlement okrug poselkovyj okrug in Krasnodar Krai in Belgorod and Ulyanovsk Oblasts Suburban settlement dachnyj posyolok in Moscow and Omsk Oblasts Urban settlement gorodskoe poselenie in the Chuvash Republic in Amur Rostov Smolensk Tver and Voronezh Oblasts Urban settlement urban type settlement gorodskoj posyolok posyolok gorodskogo tipa in Kostroma Oblast Urban type settlement posyolok gorodskogo tipa in the Republic of Buryatia the Chechen Republic the Mari El Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan in Astrakhan Kemerovo Kirov Murmansk Nizhny Novgorod Oryol Sakhalin Tula Volgograd and Vologda Oblasts Urban type settlement administrative territory administrativnaya territoriya posyolok gorodskogo tipa in the Komi Republic Urban type settlement of district significance posyolok gorodskogo tipa rajonnogo znacheniya in Kaliningrad Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug Urban type settlement settlement council posyolok gorodskogo tipa possovet in the Republic of Khakassia Urban type settlement under district jurisdiction posyolok gorodskogo tipa rajonnogo podchineniya in Kurgan Oblast Urban type settlement urban settlement posyolok gorodskogo tipa gorodskoe poselenie in the Tuva Republic Urban type settlement with jurisdictional territory posyolok gorodskogo tipa s podchinyonnoj territoriej in Arkhangelsk Oblast Work settlement rabochij posyolok in the Republic of Mordovia in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Belgorod Chelyabinsk Kursk Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Omsk Penza Ryazan and Yaroslavl OblastsUkraine Edit Main article List of urban type settlements in UkraineSee also EditAdministrative divisions of Georgia country Administrative divisions of Ukraine Political divisions of Russia Regions of Belarus Subdivisions of KyrgyzstanNotes Edit Russian posyolok gorodsko go ti pa romanized posyolok gorodskogo tipa abbreviated Russian p g t romanized p g t Ukrainian selishe miskogo tipu romanized selyshche mis koho typu abbreviated Ukrainian s m t romanized s m t Belarusian pasyolak garadskoga typu romanized pasiolak haradskoha typu Polish osiedle typu miejskiego Bulgarian selishe ot gradski tip romanized selishte ot gradski tip Romanian așezare de tip orășenesc References Edit in Ukrainian Official Decree of the Presidium of Verkhovna Rada of March 12 1981 Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Ukrayinska radyanska enciklopediya vol 10 p 94 1983 Zakon Respubliki Belarus ot 5 maya 1998 g 154 Z Ob administrativno territorialnom delenii i poryadke resheniya voprosov administrativno territorialnogo ustrojstva Respubliki Belarus Kyrgyzskoj Respubliki ot 25 aprelya 2008 g 65 Ob administrativno territorialnom delenii Kyrgyzskoj Respubliki Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Urban type settlement amp oldid 1104006572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
