Sovetskaya Gavan
city in Sovetsko-Gavansky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Key facts
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Khabarovsk Krai
- Founded
- August 4, 1853
- Head
- Pavel Borovsky
- Elevation
- 20 m (66 ft)
- Total
- 27,712
- Estimate 2025
- 23,232 ( −16.2% )
- Subordinated to
- town of krai significance of Sovetskaya Gavan
- Capital of
- town of krai significance of Sovetskaya Gavan, Sovetsko-Gavansky District
- Municipal district
- Sovetsko-Gavansky Municipal District
- Urban settlement
- Sovetskaya Gavan Urban Settlement
- Time zone
- UTC+10 ( MSK+7 )
Article
Sovetskaya Gavan (Russian: Сове́тская Га́вань, lit. 'Soviet harbor') is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north with the Sea of Japan in the south. Population: 27,712 (2010 census); 30,480 (2002 census); 34,915 (1989 Soviet census).
It was previously known as Imperatorskaya Gavan (Императорская Гавань, lit. 'Imperial harbour') until 1922.