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Chernyakhovsk
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia · Europe
About Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk sits on the route: 30 minutes from Gusev.
Chernyakhovsk is in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, with about 45,000 people. The nearest town is Gusev, about 25 km away.
Chernyakhovsk (Russian: Черняхо́вск; German: Insterburg; Lithuanian: Įsrutis; Polish: Wystruć) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. With a population of 35,705 as of 2023, it is the third-largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast (behind Kaliningrad andRead more
Sovetsk).
It is located at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrapa rivers, which unite to become the Pregolya river below Chernyakhovsk.
Founded in 1337, it is one of the main towns of the region of Lithuania Minor. It was formerly inhabited by Lithuanians, Germans, Poles, Scots and French. It was the location of a German-operated prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs during World War II. It has a number of preserved heritage sights, including the ruins of two medieval castles and a historic stud farm. It hosts the Chernyakhovsk Air Base.
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Chernyakhovsk is in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, about 25 km from Gusev.
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- Population
- 45,187
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Timezone
- Europe/Kaliningrad
- Coordinates
- 54.6335, 21.8156
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