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Sovietskyi

Sovietskyi (Ukrainian: Совєтський; Russian: Советский) or Ichki (Ukrainian: Ічкі; Russian: Ички; Crimean Tatar: İçki) is an urban-type settlement in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. The town also serves as the administrative center of the Sovietskyi Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings.

Since the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the town has been under de facto Russian control. In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada passed decommunization legislation that renamed this town to Ichki (Ukrainian: Ічкі), though it hasn't yet been implemented since Ukraine doesn't control the town as of 2024.

The area around today's settlement likely began between 3,000 and 1,000 BC. The first mention of the modern town in 1784 in a historian's report.

Following the 1783 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, the town became under Russian control. Since then, the town has administratively fallen under different districts, mainly in the Taurida Governorate.

At the beginning of 1941, up to 5,400 people lived in the village of Ichki, and it was classified as an urban-type settlement.

On December 14, 1944, as part of the Soviet Union's de-tatarization efforts, the government renamed the village from Ichki to Sovietskyi.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Crimea participated and voted in favor of independence during the Ukrainian independence referendum, and Sovietskyi became part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine in 1991.

In 2014, the town came under Russian control following the beginning of Russian occupation of Crimea and the subsequent Russian annexation.

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