Sosnovka, Sakha Republic

For other places with the same name, see Sosnovka.

Sosnovka (Russian: Сосновка; Yakut: Сосновка) is a rural locality (a selo), and one of two settlements in Vilyuysk Urban Okrug of Vilyuysky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, in addition to Vilyuysk, the administrative center of the Urban Okrug and the district. It is located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) from Vilyuysk. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 303,^[2] of whom 166 were male and 137 female, up from 267 recorded during the 2002 Census was 267.^[1]

Sosnovka Сосновка
Selo[1]
Location of Sosnovka
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Coordinates: 63°52′44″N 121°37′01″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic[1]
Administrative district	Vilyuysky District[1]
Urban okrug	Vilyuysk Urban Okrug[1]
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	303
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Vilyuysky Municipal District[3]
• Rural settlement	Vilyuysk Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	678200
OKTMO ID	98618101106

History

This settlement's village hall is said to be the remains of a leper hospital inspired by the British explorer Kate Marsden who travelled the length of Russia to find a cure for leprosy she had been told about. Marsden never said what the herb was. The heir apparent is now said to be a herb called kutchutka which was mentioned in an 1899 Sakha dictionary. One local herbalist told researchers in 2008 that it was so rare that he had not seen it recently. The researchers found the buildings that had made up the leprosarium that had closed in 1962. The village hall carries a plaque recording the centenary of Marsden's visit.^[6]

References

1. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
2. Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) (in Russian)
3. Law #173-Z 353-III
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. Aston, Felicity (September 2008). "Searching for a miracle" (PDF). Geographical.co.uk: 35–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

Sources

• Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Vilyuysky District. (in Russian)
• Государственное Собрание (Ил Тумэн) Республики Саха (Якутия). Закон №173-З №353-III от 30 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)», в ред. Закона №1058-З №1007-IV от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Саха (Якутия) "Об установлении границ и о наделении статусом городского и сельского поселений муниципальных образований Республики Саха (Якутия)"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Якутия", №245, 31 декабря 2004 г. (State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Law #173-Z No. 353-III of November 30, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, as amended by the Law #1058-Z No. 1007-IV of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Law of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic "On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Urban and Rural Settlement Status to the Municipal Formations of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).