Gusev
| Gusev (English) Гусев (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia |
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 Gusev
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| Coordinates: 54°36′N 22°12′E / 54.6°N 22.2°ECoordinates: 54°36′N 22°12′E / 54.6°N 22.2°E | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Gusevsky District[citation needed] |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
28,260 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 28,467 inhabitants[2] |
| Time zone | USZ1 (UTC+03:00)[3] |
Gusev (Russian: Гу́сев; German: Gumbinnen; Lithuanian: Gumbinė; Polish: Głąbin/Gąbin) is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. Population: 28,260 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 28,467 (2002 Census);[2] 27,031 (1989 Census).[4]
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[edit] History
The settlement of Gumbinnen (from Lithuanian: Gumbinė: tuber) in the Duchy of Prussia was first mentioned in a 1580 deed. The village had been laid out at the behest of the Hohenzollern duke Albert of Prussia in 1545. In 1709-11, the area was devastated by the plague and had to be redeveloped under the rule of King Frederick William I of Prussia. He granted Gumbinnen town privileges in 1724 and from 1732 resettled the area with Protestant expellees from the Archbishopric of Salzburg, who had been exiled by Prince-Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian. A first church of the Salzburg Protetants was erected in 1752, rebuilt according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1840.
From 1815, the town was the capital of Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen in the Province of East Prussia during Prussian rule. Gumbinnen became part of the German Empire during the unification of Germany in 1871. The Battle of Gumbinnen, a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War I, took place nearby in August 1914 in the opening days of the war.
After Adolf Hitler and the Nazis came to power, the German government designated Gumbinnen as a military sub-region of the Königsberg military area. It was the headquarters of the 206th Depot-Abteilung.
On 21 January 1945, the Red Army occupied Gumbinnen and the Soviet Union kept control afterward. The following year, on 7 September 1946, the Soviet Union renamed it Gusev, after the Soviet Captain, Sergei Ivanovich Gusev, born in 1918 and killed in action in the battle for the town in January 1945. Gusev posthumously was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 19 April 1945.
[edit] The Yantar Special Economic Zone
In the 1990s in Kaliningrad Oblast was established The Yantar Special Economic Zone. Some of the zone's projects are located in Gusev, e.g. NPO CTS.
[edit] Notable residents
- Bruno Bieler (1888–1966), general
- Gotthard Heinrici (1886–1971), general
- Karin Burneleit (born 1943), athlete
- Konrad Grallert von Cebrów (1865–1942), divisional commander in the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Oleg Gazmanov (born 1951), pop-singer, composer and poet
- Otto von Corvin (1812–1886), writer
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov (born 1971), actor
- Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), diplomat
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns/sister cities
Gusev is twinned with:
[edit] References
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
[edit] External links
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- Official website of Gusev (Russian)
- Unofficial website of Gusev (Russian)
- Winter trip to Gusev town (English)
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