посёлок городского типа

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈsʲɵɫəɡ ɡərɐt͡sˈkovə ˈtʲipə] (phonetic respelling: посёлок городско́во ти́па)

Noun

посёлок городско́го ти́па • (posjólok gorodskóvo típa) m inan (genitive посёлка городско́го ти́па, nominative plural посёлки городско́го ти́па, genitive plural посёлков городско́го ти́па)

1. urban-type settlement
2. workers’ town; factory housing estate

Usage notes

Denotes a Russian administrative unit that is similar to a village, but with a special purpose and an urban infrastructure. The population is no more than 3000 inhabitants, and the settlement is usually centered around a single industry. Most townlets are built around factories, mines or power stations, but some are like health resorts and have a sanitarium and health facilities. There are also dacha townlets, constructed around private recreation as a summer or weekend retreat.

Declension

Declension of посёлок городско́го ти́па (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	посёлок городско́го ти́па posjólok gorodskóvo típa	посёлки городско́го ти́па posjólki gorodskóvo típa
genitive	посёлка городско́го ти́па posjólka gorodskóvo típa	посёлков городско́го ти́па posjólkov gorodskóvo típa
dative	посёлку городско́го ти́па posjólku gorodskóvo típa	посёлкам городско́го ти́па posjólkam gorodskóvo típa
accusative	посёлок городско́го ти́па posjólok gorodskóvo típa	посёлки городско́го ти́па posjólki gorodskóvo típa
instrumental	посёлком городско́го ти́па posjólkom gorodskóvo típa	посёлками городско́го ти́па posjólkami gorodskóvo típa
prepositional	посёлке городско́го ти́па posjólke gorodskóvo típa	посёлках городско́го ти́па posjólkax gorodskóvo típa

Abbreviations

• пгт (pgt), п. г. т. (p. g. t.)