page_title: Classification of inhabited localities in Russia
section_title: Urban localities
hierarchical_section_title: Classification of inhabited localities in Russia / Modern classification in Russia / Urban localities
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Вид из башни Олафа на Cтарый город, Выборг, Ленинградская область English: View of Old Town from the Olaf Tower, Vyborg, Leningrad oblast, Russia This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 4730525000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with the classification systems in other countries.
context_section_description: Cities and towns (город, gorod; pl. города, goroda).  Cities and towns are classified by their level of jurisdiction (district/federal subject/federal). The Russian language has no separate words for "town" and "city" ("город" is used for both). Some translators prefer the word "city" for urban populated places with population of at least 100,000 persons.
  Urban-type settlements (посёлок городского типа, posyolok gorodskogo tipa; pl. посёлки городского типа) is a type of smaller urban locality.  This type of urban locality was first introduced in the Soviet Union in 1924, with the following subcategories:
  Urban-type settlement proper—mostly urban population of 3,000–12,000.
  Work settlement (рабочий посёлок, rabochy posyolok)—mostly urban population occupied in industrial manufacture.
  Suburban (dacha) settlement (дачный посёлок, dachny posyolok)—typically, a suburban settlement with summer dachas.
  Resort settlement (курортный посёлок, kurortny posyolok)—mostly urban population occupied in services to holidaymakers (on the seaside or a mineral water spa, or in the mountains for walks and alpine skiing).
  In 1957, the procedures for categorizing urban-type settlements were further refined.
caption: Vyborg, a town in Leningrad Oblast
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