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Polessk

Coordinates:54°52′N21°06′E/ 54.867°N 21.100°E/54.867; 21.100
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Polessk
Полесск
Town[1]
Coat of arms of Polessk
Coat of arms
Location of Polessk
Map
Polessk is located in Kaliningrad Oblast
Polessk
Polessk
Location of Polessk
Polessk is located in European Russia
Polessk
Polessk
Polessk (European Russia)
Polessk is located in Europe
Polessk
Polessk
Polessk (Europe)
Coordinates:54°52′N21°06′E/ 54.867°N 21.100°E/54.867; 21.100
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative districtPolessky District[1]
Town of district significancePolessk[1]
Founded13th century[2]
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population
(2010 Census)[3]
• Total7,581
•CapitalofPolessky District,[1]town of district significance of Polessk[1]
•Municipal districtPolessky Municipal District[4]
•Urban settlementPolesskoye Urban Settlement[4]
•CapitalofPolessky Municipal District,[4]Polesskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+2(MSK–1Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
238630
OKTMOID27718000001

Polessk(Russian:Полесск;German:Labiau;Lithuanian:Labguva;Polish:Labiawa) is atownand theadministrative centerofPolessky DistrictinKaliningrad Oblast,Russia,located 49 kilometers (30 mi) northeast ofKaliningrad,the administrative center of theoblast,at the junction of a main road and a railroad at theDeyma River,shortly before it enters theCuronian Lagoon.Population figures:7,581 (2010 Census);[3]7,681 (2002 Census);[7]6,859 (1989 Soviet census);[8]4,744 (1885).

Geography

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ThePolessk Canalbegins in the town.

History

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Labiau Castle in 1915
Labiau Castle in 2011

It was founded in the 13th century,[2]by theTeutonic Orderwho erected a castle there and named it Labiau. Initially it was part of theState of the Teutonic Order.In 1454, KingCasimir IV Jagiellonincorporated the region to theKingdom of Polandupon the request of the anti-TeutonicPrussian Confederation.[9]After the subsequentThirteen Years' War (1454–1466)the settlement became a part of Poland as afiefheld by the Teutonic Knights[10]until 1525 and byDucal Prussiaafterwards. In this town, on November 20, 1656, was signed theTreaty of Labiau.From the 18th century, it was part of theKingdom of Prussia,and from 1871 it was also part ofGermany,within which it was administratively located in the province ofEast Prussia.Labiau was a district seat in the administrative region ofKönigsberg.In 1885, Labiau had 4,744 inhabitants, almost all of whom wereLutherans.

Labiau was overrun by theSovietRed Armyin 1945 near the end ofWorld War II.After Germany's defeat in the war in 1945, the town was transferred toSoviet Russiaand the following year it was renamedPolessk.[2]TheGermaninhabitants were partlyevacuatedvia the coast, or were subsequentlyexpelledin accordance with thePotsdam Agreementand replaced with Soviet citizens.

The formerPolessk (air base)is nearby.[11]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within theframework of administrative divisions,Polessk serves as theadministrative centerofPolessky District.[1]As an administrative division, it is, together with tworural localities,incorporated within Polessky District as thetown of district significanceof Polessk.[1]As amunicipal division,the town of district significance of Polessk is incorporated within Polessky Municipal District asPolesskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^abcdefghResolution #640
  2. ^abcdЭнциклопедия Города России.Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 359.ISBN5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^abRussian 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.
  4. ^abcdeLaw #260
  5. ^"Об исчислении времени".Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации(in Russian). June 3, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 19,2019.
  6. ^Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post).Поиск объектов почтовой связи(Postal Objects Search)(in Russian)
  7. ^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).
  8. ^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 – viaDemoscope Weekly.
  9. ^Górski, Karol (1949).Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych(in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 54.
  10. ^Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215
  11. ^"60th Fighter Aviation Division PVO".Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991.RetrievedJanuary 8,2023.

Sources

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  • Правительство Калининградской области. Постановление №640 от 30 августа 2011 г. «Об утверждении реестра объектов административно-территориального деления Калининградской области», в ред. Постановления №877 от 21 ноября 2011 г «О внесении изменения в Постановление Правительства Калининградской области от 30 августа 2011 г. №640». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда" (вкладыш "Официально" ), №170, 15 сентября 2011 г.(Government of Kaliningrad Oblast. Resolution #640 of August 30, 2011On the Adoption of the Registry of the Objects of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Kaliningrad Oblast,as amended by the Resolution #877 of November 21, 2011On Amending the Resolution of the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast #640 of August 30, 2011.Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
  • Калининградская областная Дума. Закон №260 от 30 июня 2008 г. «Об организации местного самоуправления на территории муниципального образования "Полесский городской округ" », в ред. Закона №370 от 1 июля 2009 г «О составе территорий муниципальных образований Калининградской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда", №124, 11 июля 2008 г.(Kaliningrad Oblast Duma. Law #260 of June 30, 2008On the Organization of the Local Self-Government on the Territory of the Municipal Formation of "Polessky Urban Okrug",as amended by the Law #370 of July 1, 2009On the Composition of the Territories of the Municipal Formations of Kaliningrad Oblast.Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
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