Svetly (English) Светлый (Russian) |
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Location of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia |
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Administrative status (as of November 2011) | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
Administratively subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Svetly |
Administrative center of | town of oblast significance of Svetly |
Municipal status (as of July 2009) | |
Urban okrug | Svetlovsky Urban Okrug |
Administrative center of | Svetlovsky Urban Okrug |
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Population (2010 Census) | 21,375 inhabitants |
Time zone | USZ1 (UTC+02:00) |
Founded | 1640 |
Town status since | 1955 |
Postal code(s) | 238340, 238741 |
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Svetly (Russian: Све́тлый), prior to 1945 known by its German name Zimmerbude (Lithuanian: Cimerbūdė; Polish: Buda), is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Samland Peninsula on the coast of Vistula Lagoon, 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 21,375 (2010 Census); 21,745 (2002 Census);19,936 (1989 Census).
The town is located on the bank of the Kaliningrad sea shipping channel connecting Kaliningrad with the Baltic Sea.
Duchy of Prussia 1640–1657 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1657–1701
Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1918–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Soviet Union 1945–1991
Russian Federation 1991–present