Sychyovka, Sychyovsky District, Smolensk Oblast
55°50′N 34°17′E / 55.833°N 34.283°E
Sychyovka (Russian: Сычёвка) is a town and the administrative center of Sychyovsky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located between the Vazuza and Losmina Rivers 234 kilometers (145 mi) northeast of Smolensk. Population: 8,683 (2002 Census);[1] 9,643 (1989 Soviet census).[2]
It was first mentioned in 1488 as a votchina of a Tver prince Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III. In 1493, it became a palace village (дворцовое село) of Vyazminsky Uyezd. In 1776, Sychyovka was granted town status. The name derives from a Russian word sych (сыч, lit. "Little Owl"), which also means "a gloomy person".
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- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.