City of Sovetskaya Gavan (Russia). Seaport Sovetskaya Gavan Sovetskaya Gavan population

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  • Serebryakova Yulia Sergeevna

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  • Municipal educational institution secondary school No. 2

  • 2010

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General information about the city.

  • Sovetskaya Gavan is a city of regional subordination in Russia, the administrative center of the Sovetsko-Gavansky district of the Khabarovsk Territory.

  • Population - 28,739 inhabitants (2009).

  • Economy: Currently, Sovetskaya Gavan is a sea fishing and commercial port. The area of ​​forest land in the region is 1.3 million hectares. The total timber reserve is 145.6 million cubic meters. m, of which the operational reserve is 57 million cubic meters. m. Estimated cutting area - 675 thousand cubic meters Fish processing, shipbuilding and ship repair, woodworking. Since 2008, Sovetskaya Gavan has been declared a port-type special economic zone (SEZ), the status is given for 50 years. The concept of the zone involves the creation of an international multidisciplinary port and ship repair center on the territory of the seaport of Sovetskaya Gavan.


    May 23, 1853. N.K. Boshniak discovered Hadji Bay on the coast of the Tartary Strait, which turned out to be one of the best natural harbors in the world. On one of the capes of the bay a cross was erected with the inscription: “The harbor of Emperor Nicholas, discovered and meticulously described by Lieutenant Boshnyak on May 23, 1853, on a native boat, with Cossack companions Semyon Parfentyev, Kir Belokhvostov, Aginsky peasant Tvan Moseev.” August 4, 1853. G.I. Nevelskoy founded the “military post of His Imperial Highness General Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin.” This was the first Russian settlement in the Imperial Harbor Bay. N.K. was appointed its chief. Boshniak. In 1922, the bay was renamed Sovetskaya Gavan, and in 1941 the settlement was given the status of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan. For a long time, the port of Sovetskaya Gavan was one of the bases of the Pacific Navy. In the 90s of the 20th century, in connection with the beginning of military conversion, the port became accessible to foreign ships. The strategic importance of the area is due to the fact that the maritime border of Russia passes here.


City coat of arms.

  • One of the Soviet designs for the coat of arms of Sovetskaya Gavan - two white anchors in the center of a green circle.

  • Another of the badges with the emblem of Sovetskaya Gavan: “In an azure shield is a silver sailboat, accompanied below by a four-rayed star; in the green chapter of the shield the name of the city is in black. The shield is crowned with a gold imperial crown, under which there is a white-blue-red ribbon; under the shield there is a silver cogwheel; behind the shield are two gold anchors placed crosswise with gold ropes threaded through them, connected by a scarlet ribbon.”

  • The coat of arms of Sovetskaya Gavan was finalized by the Union of Heraldists of Russia and prepared for registration in the State Heraldic Register. The coat of arms was approved on December 22, 2006. Authors: Vladimir Kozlov and Konstantin Mochenov.


City coat of arms.

    “In a green field, a three-masted ship facing left with spread sails and a weather vane on the mainmast, accompanied at the tip by a star with eight rays, the indirect rays of which are shorter; all figures are silver. The coat of arms of the urban settlement of Sovetskaya Gavan can be reproduced in two equally acceptable versions: - without the free part; - with a free part (a quadrangle adjacent to the upper right corner of the shield) with the coat of arms of the Khabarovsk Territory reproduced in it. Reproduction of the coat of arms with a free part is permissible after the relevant provisions have been introduced into the Law “On the Flag and Coat of Arms of the Khabarovsk Territory”. - The coat of arms of the urban settlement of Sovetskaya Gavan can be reproduced without a crown and with a status territorial crown. The version of the coat of arms with a status territorial crown is used after the State Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation has adopted the appropriate procedure for including images of status territorial crowns in the coats of arms of municipalities.

  • The coat of arms of the Sovetsko-Gavansky district was developed by the Union of Heraldists of Russia and approved on April 28, 2007:

  • “In an azure field, on top of a golden sun (without an image of a face), there is a silver fork-shaped cross, covered in the middle with a scarlet sailboat and accompanied at the end by a silver fish. The shield is topped with a gold status territorial crown corresponding to the municipal district.”


Significant dates.

    May 23, 1853 of the year. N.K. Boshniak discovered Hadji Bay on the coast of the Tartary Strait, which turned out to be one of the best natural harbors in the world. On one of the capes of the bay a cross was erected with the inscription: “The harbor of Emperor Nicholas, discovered and meticulously described by Lieutenant Boshnyak on May 23, 1853, on a native boat, with Cossack companions Semyon Parfentyev, Kir Belokhvostov, Aginsky peasant Tvan Mseev.”

  • 4 August 1853 of the year. G.I. Nevelskoy founded the “military post of His Imperial Highness General Admiral Grand Duke Konstantin.” This was the first Russian settlement in the Imperial Harbor Bay. N.K. was appointed its chief. Boshniak.

  • 1856 year. After the sinking of the frigate Pallada, the post was removed.

  • 1907 year. The Australian timber concession Seymour and Co. was founded. The Imperial Harbor became the most important timber trading center.


Significant dates.

  • 1937 year. The plant staff repaired the first steamship. Construction of a flour mill, a special-purpose Far Eastern power station, and a seaport has begun.

  • 1939 year. The Northern Pacific Flotilla was formed. Construction of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Sovetskaya Gavan railway has begun. In Sovetskaya Gavan there are: the “Red Sewing Worker” artel, communications and trade enterprises, medical institutions, schools, kindergartens and nurseries, clubs, libraries, and an evening university of Marxism-Leninism.

  • 1943 year. The machine-building plant was put into operation. A vocational school was opened on the basis of the ship repair yard.

  • 1945 year. Through temporary service of trains Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Sovgavan - Sortirovochnaya has been opened.

  • 1945 year. The first passenger train arrived in the city.


Significant dates.

  • 1913 year. A telegraph line was stretched along the coast of the Tatar Strait: a postal and telegraph stronghold appeared. In the Imperial Harbor there were three settlements where the Russian population lived: on the shores of Mayachnaya and Japanese bays and a forest concession village.

  • 1922 year. Through the efforts of the First Northern Expeditionary Partisan Detachment under the command of V.S. Kolesnichenko, Soviet power was established in the area.

  • 1926 year. Imperial Harbor leaves the Khutsin volost of the Elga district of the Primorsky province. After the reorganization of the Primorsky province, the Sovetsky district was formed with its center in Sovetskaya Gavan.

  • 1930 year. Four fish processing plants, three fishing collective farms, the Soviet Timber Industry Enterprise, the Soviet-Gavansky Timber Plant, and the national collective farm “Oroch” were created.

  • 1934 year. Start of construction of a ship repair yard.


Significant dates.

  • 1948 year. The first civilian aircraft PO-2 landed at the airfield of the 42nd Aviation Regiment. The city of Sovetskaya Gavan with a coastal zone consisting of two workers' settlements and five village councils was transferred from Primorsky to Khabarovsk Territory.

  • 1949 year. The first stone building was built - school No. 1.

  • 1950 year. Construction trust No. 508 was organized.

  • 1952 year. The sausage factory came into operation.

  • 1955 year. Bus service is open.

  • 1963 year. The Avangard widescreen cinema was built.

  • 1970 year. The Sports Palace began to operate.

  • 1973 year. The first products were produced by the Sovgavansky fish processing plant (later an oceanic fishing base) and a dairy plant.

  • 1981 year. Construction Department No. 106 was formed.

  • 1984 year. The KPD-6 plant began producing products.

  • 1989 year. The design and construction association “Sovgavanspetsstroy” was created.


Significant dates.

  • 1992 year. The first joint Russian-Japanese wood processing enterprise, Vanino-Tairiku, was created.

  • 1993 year. The first vessel was accepted for loading by Terminal OJSC.

  • 1997 year. The first product to receive an international quality certificate was produced by the Vostokryba fish processing enterprise. A program for the socio-economic development of the city and the region until 2005 was adopted.

  • 1998 year. Two multi-storey buildings of a youth housing cooperative have been put into operation.

  • 2001 year. Through road traffic Sovetskaya Gavan - Vanino - Lidoga - Khabarovsk has been opened. Ship repair enterprises in the region have begun fulfilling orders for the modernization of equipment used in the development of the island's oil shelf. Sakhalin.

  • 2002 year. In connection with the development of a strategy for the socio-economic development of the municipality, the city of Sovetskaya Gavan with the Sovetsko-Gavansky district entered the Club of City Strategists of the Russian Federation.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Alekseev Alexander Ivanovich(1921-1993) - Candidate of Geographical Sciences (1959), Doctor of Historical Sciences (1970). Well-known researcher and promoter of the history of the Far East. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, two Orders of the Patriotic War, medals “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For the Defense of Leningrad”, “For Military Merit”, etc. In the 50s he served in the Navy in Sovetskaya Gavan. After demobilization, he moved to Moscow, where he worked for many years at the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Author of more than 30 books, 150 scientific articles. Several of his monographs have been published abroad. He often gave presentations at scientific conferences in the cities of the Far East.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Borisova Olga Alexandrovna(01/30/1933) - She worked as a plasterer-painter, and before retiring for 25 years - as a foreman of finishers SMU-1 of construction trust No. 508. She was repeatedly elected as a member of the construction committee of SMU-1 and construction trust No. 508. Elected as a deputy of the Khabarovsk regional and Soviet Havana City Council of People's Deputies. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and medals “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin". Veteran of labor, member of the Soviet-Havana City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Efimushkin Yuri Nikolaevich(08/14/1925) - Since 1955, he worked as director of fisheries at the enterprises of the Khabarovsk Territory, from 1971 to 1984 - head of the Ocean Fisheries Base in the city of Sovetskaya Gavan. For 29 years he was elected as a deputy of city and regional Councils of Workers' Deputies. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, veteran of labor, holder of orders and medals of the Great Patriotic War, holder of the Order of the Badge of Honor. Chairman of the Soviet-Havana City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, member of the board under the Head of the city and district. In 2005, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Kopytova Nina Ivanovna(09/29/1920) - Since 1941 she worked as a teacher, from 1952 to 1995 - as a primary school teacher in the city of Sovetskaya Gavan, and was elected as a member of the city Council of Workers' Deputies from 1957 to 1962. Honored school teacher of the RSFSR since 1996, labor veteran, awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin". Member of the Soviet-Havana City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.


Honorary citizens of the city.

  • Monastyrshina Valentina Nikolaevna(1923-2004) - From 1952 to 1983 she worked as a gas welder at the Shipyard. She was elected as a deputy of the city and regional Soviets of People's Deputies, and as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 8th convocation. Veteran of labour. She was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Smetanina Alexandra Gerasimovna(09/15/1930) - Since 1948, teacher, in 1963-1979 - director of secondary school No. 46. She was elected as a member of the city Council of Workers' Deputies from 1994 to 2000. She was a delegate to the All-Union Congress of Teachers in 1968. She took an active part in the creation of the city local history museum. Honored school teacher of the RSFSR since 1967, member of the Soviet-Havana City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Tomilin Alexey Ivanovich (05/08/1933) - Since 1953, a teacher, in 1965-1989 - director of secondary school No. 3. He was elected as a member of the regional and city Councils of Deputies. He was a delegate to the All-Russian Congress of Teachers in 1978. Honored school teacher of the RSFSR since 1982. Awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor”, labor veteran. Member of the Sovetsko-Gavan City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Council of Deputies of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan with the Sovetsko-Gavansky District for Culture, Education and Health, fine arts teacher of secondary school No. 3.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Tsendrovsky Boleslav Lvovich(05/14/1926) - Since 1950 he worked at the Shipyard, from 1973 to 1987 - director of the plant. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, labor veteran, factory veteran. He was awarded the badge “Excellence in the USSR Civil Defense” and the medal “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin". Member of the Soviet-Havana City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Chekmarev Valentin Dmitrievich(1929-2004) - Since 1949, he worked as a mechanic at the MMF shipyard, in 1954-1985 - a foreman of mechanics. He was a delegate to the XXV Congress of the CPSU in 1976. Veteran of labor, listed in the Book of Labor Glory of the city and plant. Awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin", the anniversary sign of the Far Eastern Shipping Company, the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of the Navy in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Far Eastern Shipping Company.


Honorary citizens of the city.

    Orlova Maria Tikhonovna(b. 1940) - Native of the village. Grossevichi, Sovetsko-Gavansky district. She began her career as a worker in the Construction Administration of the city of Syzran, Kuibyshev Region. Total work experience 42 years. Since 1974, she worked as a foreman, livestock specialist, and director at the Severnoye SRZ subsidiary farm. The total work experience at the Severnoye subsidiary farm is 27 years. Labor veteran since 1997. He is a member of the Soviet-Havana Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Law Enforcement Agencies and the Armed Forces.


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August 16 (4), 1853 G.I. Nevelskoy founded the Konstantinovsky post in one of the best natural harbors in the world. N.K. Boshnyak was appointed its head. This was the first Russian settlement in the Imperial Harbor Bay.

In 1859, by the highest decree, the experienced forest manager of the forest ranger corps, staff captain A.F. Budishchev, and his assistants were sent to the Imperial Harbor. They made a description along the shore of the Tatar Strait and carried out the first “Detailed taxation and assessment of forests by tax” in the area of ​​​​the Imperial Harbor. The forest guard consisted of ten sailors from the naval crew. Since 1863, the export of timber abroad has been permitted. In 1908-1910 works V.K. Arsenyev on finding the shortest route from Khabarovsk to the Imperial Harbor. The Imperial Harbor forestry is renamed Narodnoye.

In 1922, Soviet power was established on the coast of the Tatar Strait. The Imperial Harbor was renamed Sovetskaya Gavan. According to the first census of the USSR in 1926, in Sovetskaya Gavan at that time there were 169 people (25 private houses), 146 people work in government agencies, of which: in the port management - 4, the port team - 3, Sovtorgflot - 2, Dalryba - 2, customs - 10. After the reorganization of the Primorsky province in 1938, the Sovetsky district was formed into the Primorsky Territory with its center in the village of Sovetskaya Gavan.

In 1941, the settlement was given the status of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan. In 1945, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur – Sovgavan-Sortirovochnaya train service was opened, and in 1948 the first civilian aircraft PO-2 landed in the city.

On September 15, 1948, the city of Sovetskaya Gavan with a coastal zone consisting of two workers' settlements and five village councils was transferred from Primorsky to Khabarovsk Territory.

Since 01/01/2006, the municipal settlement "Sovetskaya Gavan City" has again been the administrative center of the Sovetsko-Gavansky municipal district of the Khabarovsk Territory - a city of regional significance. The city is the leading industrial and transport center of the Okhotsk region of the Russian Far East.

The distance from the regional center is 600 km. The area of ​​the city within the city limits is 6900 hectares. The population of the city since 80-90. last century is consistently within 30 thousand people. The basis of the city's economy is made up of enterprises in the fishing, forestry, woodworking, and construction industries, as well as a sea trade port, ship repair and transport.

The new edition of the federal target program “Economic and social development of the Far East and Transbaikalia for the period until 2013” ​​is of particular importance for the city of Sovetskaya Gavan. It is planned to build a thermal power plant in the city, which is necessary for the development of the seaports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan, supplying the city with heat and hot water, and the construction of a transshipment complex for iron ore concentrates in the port of Sovetskaya Gavan on Cape Maria for seven million tons.

Favorable natural geographical conditions provide a unique opportunity to create a free port (economic) zone here.

The city of Sovetskaya Gavan is located on the territory of the state (country) Russia, which in turn is located on the territory of the continent Europe. The city of Sovetskaya Gavan is part of the federal district: Far Eastern.

The Federal District is an enlarged territory consisting of several constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The city of Sovetskaya Gavan is part of the Khabarovsk Territory region.

A characteristic of a region or a subject of a country is the integrity and interconnection of its constituent elements, including cities and other settlements that are part of the region.

The Khabarovsk Territory region is an administrative unit of the state of Russia.

The population of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan is 24,671 people. Year of foundation of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan: 1853. The city of Sovetskaya Gavan is located in the administrative time zone: UTC+11. Thus, you can determine the time difference in the city of Sovetskaya Gavan, relative to the time zone in your city. The telephone code of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan is: +7 42138. In order to call the city of Sovetskaya Gavan from a mobile phone, you need to dial the code: +7 42138 and then the subscriber’s number directly. Website of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan, official website of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan or as it is also called “Official website of the administration of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan”: http://admsovgav.ru/.

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