Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Guryevsk.
Guryevsk (English)
Гурьевск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Monument to Stepan Guryev in Guryevsk

Location of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
Guryevsk
Location of Guryevsk in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°47′N 20°37′E / 54.783°N 20.617°E / 54.783; 20.617Coordinates: 54°47′N 20°37′E / 54.783°N 20.617°E / 54.783; 20.617
Administrative status (as of December 2010)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative district Guryevsky District[1]
Town of district significance Guryevsk[1]
Administrative center of Guryevsky District,[1] town of district significance of Guryevsk[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2013)
Urban okrug Guryevsky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Guryevsky Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 12,431 inhabitants[3]
Time zone USZ1 (UTC+02:00)[4]
Founded 1262[5]
Postal code(s)[6] 689450
Guryevsk on Wikimedia Commons

Guryevsk (Russian: Гу́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Guryevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) northeast of Kaliningrad. Population: 12,431(2010 Census);[3] 10,913(2002 Census);[7] 7,934(1989 Census).[8]

History

Historical affiliations

Teutonic Order 1262–1466
Teutonic Order 1466–1525 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1525–1657 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1657–1701
 Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Soviet Union 1945–1991
 Russian Federation 1991–present

It was founded as Neuhausen in 1262[5] by the Teutonic Knights. It became part of the Duchy of Prussia in 1525 and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. It was administered within the Province of East Prussia and became part of the German Empire upon the unification of Germany in 1871.

After the end of World War II in 1945, the town was annexed by the Soviet Union. The remaining German population which had not been evacuated was subsequently expelled and replaced with Russians. The following year it was renamed Guryevsk in honor of Stepan Guryev, a Soviet marshal who died during the capture of Kaliningrad.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Guryevsk serves as the administrative center of Guryevsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Guryevsky District as the town of district significance of Guryevsk.[9]

Within the framework of municipal divisions, since May 31, 2013, the territories of the town of district significance of Guryevsk and of seven rural okrugs of Guryevsky District are incorporated as Guryevsky Urban Okrug.[2] Before that, the town of district significance was incorporated within Guryevsky Municipal District as Guryevskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #463
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #229
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 113. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. Russian 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Resolution #640

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