Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Gusev
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Town[1] | |
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Location of Gusev  | |
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| • Urban okrug | Gusevsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Gusevsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 238051  |
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Gusev (
Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. Population: 28,177 (2021 Census);[6] 28,260 (2010 Russian census);[2] 28,467 (2002 Census);[7] 27,031 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
History
The settlement of Gumbinnen (from
Albert of Prussia about 1545 and the first church was erected in 1582. It became part of Brandenburg-Prussia
in 1618, remaining a fief of Poland.
From the 18th century, it was part of the
Count Leopold Anton von Firmian.[9] The first filial church of the Salzburg Protestants was erected between 1752 and 1752, and was rebuilt in 1840 in a Neoclassical style according to plans designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The church was restored in 1995 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
.
From 1815, Gumbinnen was the capital of
sawmills, several brickworks, and a dairy
.
During
expelled
.
Following the end of the war, under border changes promulgated at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the northern part of the former province of East Prussia became a part of the Soviet Union, including Gumbinnen. The town was renamed Gusev, in honour of a Red Army captain, Sergei Ivanovich Gusev, who was killed in action near Gumbinnen in January 1945, and was posthumously given the award of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 19, 1945.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
administrative center of Gusevsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Gusevsky District as the town of district significance of Gusev.[10]
Within the
framework of municipal divisions, since June 10, 2013, the territories of the town of district significance of Gusev and of four rural okrugs of Gusevsky District are incorporated as Gusevsky Urban Okrug.[3] Before that, the town of district significance was incorporated within Gusevsky Municipal District as Gusevskoye Urban Settlement.[3]
Economy
Transportation
Gusev lies on the double-track, broad-gauge rail line connecting the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave through Lithuania and Belarus with the main contiguous territory of Russia.
The Yantar Special Economic Zone
In the 1990s the
NPO CTS
.
Notable people
- Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714–1780) a Prussian Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet
- Christian Daniel Rauch (1777–1857), German sculptor
- Otto von Corvin (1812–1886), German writer
- Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937) a German botanist.
- Richard Friese (1854–1918) German animal and landscape painter
- Konrad Grallert von Cebrów (1865–1942), divisional commander in the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Gotthard Heinrici (1886–1971), German general
- Bruno Bieler (1888–1966), German general
- Max Liedtke (1894-1955), German army officer, one of the Righteous Among the Nations
- Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), German diplomat
- Winfried Mahraun (1907–1973) German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Wilhelm Schöning (1908–1987) Oberstleutnant, commander of the 66th Panzergrenadier Regiment
- Karin Krebs (born 1943), German athlete
- Oleg Gazmanov (born 1951), Russian pop-singer, composer and poet
- Nikolay Tsukanov (born 1965) a Russian politician, psychologist, businessman, electrical welder and former governor of Kaliningrad Oblast
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov (born 1971), Russian actor
Twin towns and sister cities
Former twin towns:
Gusev had been
twinned
with:
Kazlų Rūda, Lithuania[11]
In March 2022, the Polish cities of Pabianice and Gołdap ended their partnership with Gusev as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12][13]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Law #463
- ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ a b c d Law #230
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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.
- ISBN 9783830537878.
- ^ Resolution #640
- ^ "Tarptautinis Bendradarbiavimas". Retrieved May 4, 2014.
- ^ "Pabianice zerwały współpracę z rosyjskim miastem Gusiew" (in Polish). March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Warmińsko-mazurskie: Gołdap zerwała współpracę z partnerami z Rosji" (in Polish). Retrieved March 13, 2022.
Sources
- Калининградская областная Дума. Закон №463 от 27 мая 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Калининградской области», в ред. Закона №450 от 3 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Калининградской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Калининградской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда" (вкладыш "Ведомости Правительства Калининградской области"), №112, 26 июня 2010 г. (Kaliningrad Oblast Duma. Law #463 of May 27, 2010 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kaliningrad Oblast, as amended by the Law #450 of July 3, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kaliningrad Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kaliningrad Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
- Правительство Калининградской области. Постановление №640 от 30 августа 2011 г. «Об утверждении реестра объектов административно-территориального деления Калининградской области», в ред. Постановления №877 от 21 ноября 2011 г «О внесении изменения в Постановление Правительства Калининградской области от 30 августа 2011 г. №640». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда" (вкладыш "Официально"), №170, 15 сентября 2011 г. (Government of Kaliningrad Oblast. Resolution #640 of August 30, 2011 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Objects of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Kaliningrad Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #877 of November 21, 2011 On Amending the Resolution of the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast #640 of August 30, 2011. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
- Калининградская областная Дума. Закон №230 от 29 мая 2013 г. «О преобразовании Гусевского городского поселения, Калининского, Кубановского, Маяковского и Михайловского сельских поселений путём объединения поселений и наделении вновь образованного городского поселения статусом городского округа». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования, за исключением статей 4, 5. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда", №92, 31 мая 2013 г.. (Kaliningrad Oblast Duma. Law #230 of May 29, 2013 On the Transformation of Gusevskoye Urban Settlement, Kalininskoye, Kubanovskoye, Mayakovskoye, and Mikhaylovskoye Rural Settlements by Merging the Settlements and Granting the Newly Formed Urban Settlement Urban Okrug Status. Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the day of the official publication, with the exception of Articles 4, 5.).
External links
Media related to Gusev at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website of Gusev (in Russian)
- Gusev Business Directory (in Russian)
- Unofficial website of Gusev (in Russian)
- Winter trip to Gusev town (in English)
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