Kunya, Russia

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Kunya (Russian : Кунья) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

Russian language East Slavic language

Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although nearly three decades have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia.

The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with the classification systems in other countries.

Modern localities

Urban localities
Kunya, Pskov Oblast Work settlement in Pskov Oblast, Russia

Kunya is an urban locality and the administrative center of Kunyinsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kunya Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population: 3,127 (2010 Census); 3,527 (2002 Census); 4,023 (1989 Census).

Urban-type settlement is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement, 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.

Kunyinsky District District in Pskov Oblast, Russia

Kunyinsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Toropetsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Zapadnodvinsky District of Tver Oblast in the east, Velizhsky District of Smolensk Oblast in the south, Usvyatsky District in the southwest, and Velikoluksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,621.4 square kilometers (1,012.1 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Kunya. Population: 10,277 (2010 Census); 12,928 ; 17,698 (1989 Census). The population of Kunya accounts for 30.4% of the district's total population.

Rural localities

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.

Dobryanka, Perm Krai Town in Perm Krai, Russia

Dobryanka is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the bank of the Kama Reservoir, 61 kilometers (38 mi) north of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 33,686 (2010 Census); 36,436 (2002 Census); 35,317 (1989 Census).

Perm Krai First-level administrative division of Russia

Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm is the administrative center. Population: 2,635,276.

Alternative names

Serebryano-Prudsky District District in Moscow Oblast, Russia

Serebryano-Prudsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 877.38 square kilometers (338.76 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Serebryanye Prudy. Population: 25,843 ; 24,689 (2002 Census); 24,415 (1989 Census). The population of Serebryanye Prudy accounts for 37.6% of the district's total population.

Moscow Oblast First-level administrative division of Russia

Moscow Oblast, or Podmoskovye, is a federal subject of Russia. With a population of 7,095,120 living in an area of 44,300 square kilometers (17,100 sq mi), it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and is the second most populous federal subject. The oblast has no official administrative center; its public authorities are located in Moscow and across other locations in the oblast.

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