Talk:Urban-type settlement

message: The most straightforward solution would be to use "town" instead of "townlet".
"Town" is defined as "a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands". Also, "a town is usually ... smaller than a city but larger than a village.". The definition matches the meaning of "poselok gorodskogo tipa", and it allows for a nice and well-understandable English-Russian matching as "gorod=city", "poselok gorodskogo tipa=town", "selo=village".—This unsigned comment was added by 134.84.5.57 (talk • contribs) .
:We cannot use "town" because Russian urban-type settlements are not towns.  Their populations are considered urban, but the settlements themselves do not have town status.  That's a Russian/CIS perk that cannot be simply ignored.  See types of settlements in Russia for more details.
:Additionally, the city/town statutes differ from one federal subject to another.  So, Primorsk in Kaliningrad Oblast with population of roughly 2,000 is a town, Razumnoye in Belgorod Oblast with population of ~15,000 is an urban-type settlement, and Novaya Usman in Voronezh Oblast with population of over 22,000 is a village.  There are other criteria, of course, but this is enough to illustrate that the "smaller than a city but larger than a village" approach does not work.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 21:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What's wrong with "Town?"

message: In the Ukrainian wiki it's stated that "у с.м.т. має бути не менше 2 000 меш." that is "not less than 2,000". Also, "не менше 60% робітників, службовців і чл. їхніх родин", that is 60% of workers and families, which is not the same as 2/3 = 66.7% as it's now stated in the article (originally written by User:Visuelya). MapLover 01:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: An error about the Ukrainian SSR

message: What's the benefit of being called an urban-type settlement? The article implies that places try to be designated as one. --AW (talk) 07:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The population of the urban-type settlements is categorized as urban.  In many cases, rural places with more developed industries are trying to get this status "upgrade" in hopes of obtaining additional subsidies to which certain types of urban localities are entitled.  Urban status may also mean additional benefits from the municipal point of view as urban localities have rights to implement a wider spectrum of taxes and have more freedom in handling local issues.  The opposite trend, however, is also common—an urban-type settlement may actively lobby for a "downgrade" to rural status in order to get tax breaks or, if its industrial potential is low (and the urban status is mostly retained only historically), to get subsidies to which certain rural localities are entitled.  All in all, every case is regarded individually, and it would certainly not be correct to say that all rural localities strive to get urban status (very few of them can meet urban-type settlement requirements anyway).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that in the article? It'd be useful --AW (talk) 21:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't source it, unfortunately.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 21:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benefit of status? 

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thread_title:  Social Sciences