Chernyakhovsk (Russian: Черняхо́вск; German: Insterburg (pronunciation (help· info)); Lithuanian: Įsrūtis; Polish: Wystruć) is a town located at 54°23′N 21°31′E in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 44,323 (2002 Census); 43,800 (2001 est.). It is home to the Chernyakhovsk naval air facility. Image File history File links Insterburg. ... Capital Kaliningrad Area - total - % water Ranked 79th - 15,100 km² - Population - Total - Density Ranked 57th - est. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... Chernyakhovsk (also Chernyahovsk or Tchernyatshovsk) is a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 4 km southwest of Chernyakhovsk. ...

History

The Teutonic Knights founded a castle known as Insterburg in 1336. A settlement grew up to serve the castle, and this settlement, also called Insterburg, was granted town privileges on 10 October 1583. Insterburg became part of the Duchy of Prussia and later the province of East Prussia within the Kingdom of Prussia. Insterburg became part of the German Empire in 1871. Hermann von Salza (c. ... Town privileges was an important feature of European towns during most of the 2nd millenium. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Prussian Tribute, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1882, 388 x 875 cm, National Museum in Kraków. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ... Motto: Gott mit Uns (German: God with us”) Anthem: Heil dir im Siegerkranz (unofficial) Territory of the German Empire in 1914, prior to World War I Capital Berlin Language(s) Official: German Unofficial minority languages: Polish (Posen, Lower Silesia,Upper Silesia, Masuria) French (Alsace-Lorraine) Government Constitutional monarchy Emperor  - 1871...

During World War II, Insterburg was heavily bombed by the British Royal Air Force on 27 July 1944. The town was stormed by Red Army troops on January 21–22, 1945. Insterburg was transferred from Germany to the Soviet Union after the war. Its German population either evacuated or was expelled and replaced with Russians. In 1946 Insterburg was renamed Chernyakhovsk in honor of the Soviet World War II general (later marshal) Ivan Chernyakhovsky. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Evacuation of East Prussia refers to the events that took place in East Prussia, especially the evacuation of German population from that area as well as from other Prussian lands in 1944 and 1945. ... Germans expelled from the Sudetenland // The expulsion of Germans after World War II refers to the escape and mass deportation of people considered Germans (Reichsdeutsche and some Volksdeutsche) from various European states and territories during 1945 and in the first three years after World War II 1946-48. ... Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, (Cherniakhovsky), 1906 - 1945, Russian General of the Army (the youngest ever to have this rank), twice Hero of the Soviet Union, brilliant commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, died from wounds received outside Königsberg at age 39. ...

After the fall of the Iron Curtain a group of people introduced the Akhal-Teke horse breed to the area and opened an Akhal-Teke breeding stable. Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ... Akhal-Teke The Akhal-Teke, Ahalteke in the Turkmen language, horse breed (pronounced ) is a breed from Turkmenistan, where they are the national emblem. ... Leland Stanfords horse stable, still in use Horse kept in stable A stable is a building in which livestock, usually horses, are kept. ...

Famous residents

• Martin Grünberg 1655 born in Insterburg - 1706/7 Berlin architect
• Eduard Heinrich Flottwell (1786-1865), Prussian statesman
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jordan, * 8 February 1819 in Insterburg, German writer and politician
• Otto Koehler, * 20 December 1889 in Insterburg, German behaviorist
• Hans Orlowski, * 1 March 1894 in Insterburg, German painter and woodcutter
• Alfred Gille, * 15 August 1901 in Insterburg, German politician (GB/BHE)
• Fritz Vilmar, * 28 July 1929 in Insterburg, politologist and sociologist
• Ingo Insterburg, * 6 April 1934 in Insterburg, German comic
• Axel Marquardt, * 1943 in Insterburg, German writer
• Jürgen Schmude, * 9 June 1936 in Insterburg, German politician (SPD)
• Traugott Buhre, * 21 June 1929 in Insterburg, German actor
• Harry Boldt, * 23 February 1930 in Insterburg, German Olympic champion in dressage
• Horst Ludwig Riemer, * 3 April 1933 in Insterburg, German politician (FDP)

Eduard Heinrich Flottwell (1786 Insterburg, East Prussia -1865 Berlin) was royal Prussian state minister, Oberpresident of the province of Brandenburg and Oberpresident of the Grand Duchy of Poznań from 1830-1840, as well as of the Provinces of Westphalia and Saxony. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... An upper-level dressage competitor performing an extended trot Dressage (a French term meaning training) is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

External links

• Akhal-Teke breeding farm and dressage club "Insterburg"
• Chernyakhovsk town website with many photos of Chernyakhovsk and Insterburg, old and new town maps"
• Chernyakhovsk web portal
• [1]Фото foto

	Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast
	Administrative center: Kaliningrad Bagrationovsk | Baltiysk | Chernyakhovsk | Guryevsk | Gusev | Gvardeysk | Krasnoznamyonsk | Ladushkin | Mamonovo | Neman | Nesterov | Ozyorsk | Pionersky | Polessk | Pravdinsk | Slavsk | Sovetsk | Svetlogorsk | Svetly | Zelenogradsk Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Capital Kaliningrad Area - total - % water Ranked 79th - 15,100 km² - Population - Total - Density Ranked 57th - est. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Kaliningrad (Russian: ), until 1945 known by its German name Königsberg, then briefly as Kyonigsberg (), is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... Bagrationovsk (Russian: Багратионовск, German: Preußisch Eylau before 1946, Lithuanian: Yluva/PrÅ«sų Ylava, Polish: Pruska IÅ‚awa / IÅ‚awka) is a small town in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia, located some 37 km south of Kaliningrad, at 54°23′ N 20°38′ E. Its population as of 2004 is 7... Baltiysk (Балтийск) – known prior to 1945 by its German name, Pillau (Polish PiÅ‚awa, Lithuanian Piliava)– is a Russian sea port in the strait between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay, called Strait of Baltiysk on the territory of Kaliningrad Oblast with about 20,000 inhabitants. ... Guryevsk (Russian: ; German: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located seven kilometers north-east of Kaliningrad at . Population: 10,913 (2002 Census). ... The city of Gusev (Гусев; Gumbinnen, German, until 1945; GumbinÄ—, Lithuanian, until 1945) is in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Central square of Gvardeysk Gvardeysk (Russian: ; until 1946—Tapiau) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, located on the right bank of the Pregolya River some 38 km east of Kaliningrad. ... Krasnoznamensk (Russian: ; German: ; Lithuanian: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Ladushkin (Russian: , German: Ludwigsort) is a small town lying between Kaliningrad and the Polish border, in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Mamonovo (German: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Neman (German Ragnit, Lithuanian RagainÄ—, Polish Ragneta) is a town in Russias Kaliningrad Oblast, 11 kilometres East of the city of Sovetsk, on the bank of the Neman river. ... Niestierov (Lithuanian Stalupėnai, Polish Stołupnie, German Stallupönen) is a small town in Russias Kaliningrad Oblast. ... Ozyorsk (Russian: Озёрск, German until 1945: Darkehmen, Lithuanian until 1945: Darkiemis) is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. ... Coat of arms of Pionersky Pionersky (Russian: ( ); until 1945 German: ( ); Lithuanian: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Polessk (Russian: Полесск, German: Labiau (until 1945), Polish: Labiawa, Lithuanian: Labguva) is a small city in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. ... Pravdinsk (Russian: ; German: Friedland in Ostpreußen until 1946, Polish: FrydlÄ…d) is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. ... Slavsk (Russian: ; German: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. ... A road bridge in Sovetsk Sovetsk (Russian: Советск; until 1946 German: Tilsit. ... Svetlogorsk beach in June. ... Svetly (Russian: ; German: ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of Vistula Bay 30 km west of Kaliningrad at . Population: 21,745 (2002 Census). ... Old postcard of Zelenogradsk Zelenogradsk (Russian: Зеленоградск, German: Cranz, Lithuanian: Krantas, Polish: Kraniec) is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. ...