The city of Gusev (Гусев, prior to 1946 - Gumbinnen, Lithuanian: Gumbinė) in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (formerly East Prussia, Germany) has about 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated close to the border with Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk (Įsrūtis). 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: КалининградÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¾Ð±Ð»Ð°ÑÑ‚ÑŒ), informally called Yantarny kray (Russian:Янтарный Край - meaning Amber land) is an administrative division (oblast) of Russia on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia: an enclave of the EU. It is the westernmost parcel of land belonging to Russia... 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. ... Chernyakhovsk (German: Insterburg, Lithuanian: Ä®srÅ«tis, Polish: Wystruć) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, which before 1945 was known by its German name, Insterburg and was in East Prussia. ...
Gusev is also the name of a crater on Mars, the landing site of the MER-A rover. This article is about the crater on Mars. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Artists Concept of Rover on Mars NASAs Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission (since 2003) is a unmanned Mars exploration mission that includes sending two Rovers (robots) to explore the Martian surface and geology. ...
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List of cities of Kaliningrad Oblast List of cities of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (former names, from East Prussia, are written in italics). ...
GUMBINNEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of East Prussia, on the Pissa, an affluent of the Pregel, 22 m.
It has a Roman Catholic and three Evangelical churches, a synagogue, a gymnasium, two public schools, a public library, a hospital and an infirmary.
In the market square there is a statue of the king of Prussia Frederick William I., who in 1724 raised Gumbinnen to the rank of a town, and in 1732 brought to it a number of persons who had been driven from Salzburg by religious persecution.
Bis zur Ordenszeit hatten in der Umgebung vom heutigen Gumbinnen einige heidnische Befestigungen bestanden.
In diesem Dorf Bisserkeim hatte Herzog Albrecht, der den Deutschordensstaat in ein weltliches Herzogtum Preußen umgewandelt hatte, eine Kirche 1545 bauen lassen.
Der älteste Bestandteil Gumbinnens ist der Markt mit den zu ihm führenden früheren Landstraße.
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