Urban-type settlement
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Urban-type settlement is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the Soviet Union and later als
Urban housing in Mezhdurechensky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, an example of urban-type settlement
The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries.
Urban-type settlement
…administrative and territorial changes, including granting and revoking of the urban-type settlement and town status. 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…
Vyborg, a town (gorod) in the Leningrad Oblast
Ferapontovo, a village (selo) in the Vologda Oblast