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Gusev (Russian: Гу́сев; German: Gumbinnen;[5] Lithuanian: Gumbinė; Polish: 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 figures: 28,260 (2010 Census);[2] 28,467 (2002 Census);[6] 27,031 (1989 Census).[7]

For other places with the same name, see Gusev (inhabited locality).
"Gumbinnen" redirects here. For the steamship, see SS Ambria.
Gusev
Гусев
Town[1]
Old tenement houses
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Gusev
Gusev
Location of Gusev
Gusev
Gusev (Kaliningrad Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°35′N 22°12′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative districtGusevsky District[1]
Town of district significanceGusev[1]
First mentioned1580
Town status since1724
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total28,260
Administrative status
 • Capital ofGusevsky District[1], town of district significance of Gusev[1]
Municipal status
 • Urban okrugGusevsky Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofGusevsky Urban Okrug[3]
Postal code(s)[4]
238051
Websitewww.admgusev.ru

History


The settlement of Gumbinnen (from Lithuanian: Gumbinė: pumpkin) in the Duchy of Prussia, a vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Poland, was first mentioned in a 1580 deed.[citation needed] A Protestant parish was established in Gumbinnen at the behest of the Hohenzollern thanks to Duke Albert of Prussia about 1545 and the first church was erected in 1582. It became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in 1618, remaining a fief of Poland.

Salzburg Lutheran Church
Salzburg Lutheran Church

From the 18th century, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia. Between 1709 and 1711 the area was devastated by the Great Northern War plague outbreak and had to be redeveloped under the rule of the "Soldier King" Frederick William I of Prussia, who granted Gumbinnen town privileges in 1724 and from 1732 resettled the area with Salzburg Protestants, refugees from Salzburg, who had been expelled by Prince-Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian.[8] The first filial church of the Salzburg Protestants was erected between 1752 and 1752, and was rebuilt in 1840 in a Neoclassical style according to plans designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The church was restored in 1995 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

From 1815, Gumbinnen was the capital of Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen, an administrative district of the Province of East Prussia, and became part of the German Empire upon the unification of Germany in 1871. In 1860 the Prussian State railway line from Königsberg to Stallupönen (now Nesterov) was built and the route passed through Gumbinnen, causing the town to grow in economic importance in the region. By the end of the 19th century, Gumbinnen had a foundry, a machine shop, a furniture factory, a clothing mill, two sawmills, several brickworks, and a dairy.

The old town hall, 1844
The old town hall, 1844

During World War I the town was the site of the Battle of Gumbinnen, a major battle on the Eastern Front. The battle took place nearby in the opening days of the war in August 1914, and Gumbinnen was subsequently occupied by the Russian Imperial Army for several months. After the war, a power plant, the Ostpreußenwerk, was built in Gumbinnen and powered much of East Prussia. At the beginning of the Nazi era, Gumbinnen was designated a military sub-region of the Königsberg military area. Near the end of World War II, in 1944, the first of Gumbinnen's 24,000 residents began to flee from the advancing Red Army, and a Soviet air attack on October 16, 1944, caused heavy damage to the inner town area. On October 22, 1944, the town was taken by Soviet forces, who engaged in numerous vengeful atrocities against the civilian population before the Wehrmacht retook the town two days later. Although the German forces retook Gumbinnen and managed in late October to stabilize the battle line east of the town, it was quickly re-conquered by the Red Army during the great Soviet East Prussia offensive on 21 January 1945. During the Evacuation of East Prussia, the surviving German residents fled or were expelled.

Following the end of the war, under border changes promulgated at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, the northern part of the former province of East Prussia became a part of the Soviet Union, including Gumbinnen. The town was renamed Gusev, in honour of a Red Army captain, Sergei Ivanovich Gusev, who was killed in action near Gumbinnen in January 1945, and was posthumously given the award of Hero of the Soviet Union on April 19, 1945.[citation needed]


Administrative and municipal status


Administrative building
Administrative building

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

Within the framework of municipal divisions, since June 10, 2013, the territories of the town of district significance of Gusev and of four rural okrugs of Gusevsky District are incorporated as Gusevsky Urban Okrug.[3] Before that, the town of district significance was incorporated within Gusevsky Municipal District as Gusevskoye Urban Settlement.[3]


Economy



Transportation


Gusev lies on the double-track, broad-gauge rail line connecting the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave through Lithuania and Belarus with the main contiguous territory of Russia.


The Yantar Special Economic Zone


In the 1990s the Yantar Special Economic Zone was established in Kaliningrad Oblast. Some of projects in the zone are located in Gusev, such as NPO CTS.


Notable people



Twin towns and sister cities


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia


Former twin towns:

Gusev had been twinned with:

In March 2022, the Polish cities of Pabianice and Gołdap ended their partnership with Gusev as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11][12]


References



Notes


  1. Law #463
  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.
  3. Law #230
  4. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  6. 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).
  7. 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. Turner, George (August 2017). Salzburger, Ostpreußen - Integration und Identitätswahrung (in German). ISBN 9783830537878.
  9. Resolution #640
  10. "Tarptautinis Bendradarbiavimas". Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  11. "Pabianice zerwały współpracę z rosyjskim miastem Gusiew" (in Polish). Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  12. "Warmińsko-mazurskie: Gołdap zerwała współpracę z partnerami z Rosji" (in Polish). Retrieved March 13, 2022.

Sources




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На других языках

[de] Gussew

Gussew (russisch Гусев), deutsch Gumbinnen (litauisch Gumbinė), ist eine Rajonstadt in der russischen Oblast Kaliningrad mit 28.260 Einwohnern (Stand 14. Oktober 2010).[1] Die Stadt ist Verwaltungssitz der kommunalen Selbstverwaltungseinheit Stadtkreis Gussew.
- [en] Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast

[es] Gúsev (Kaliningrado)

Gúsev (en ruso: Гусев), conocida de manera oficial hasta 1946 como Gumbinnen (en alemán, Gumbinnen; en lituano, Gumbinė, en polaco, Gąbin) es una ciudad situada en la confluencia de los ríos Pissa y Krasnaya, que forma parte y es el centro administrativo del distrito de Gúsev en el óblast de Kaliningrado, Rusia.[1]

[ru] Гусев (город)

Гу́сев (до 1946 — Гумби́ннен, нем. Gumbinnen; Гумби́ни, прусск. Gumbinni, Гумби́не, лит. Gumbinė) — город в Калининградской области России.


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