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Coordinates: 54°36′N 22°12′E / 54.6°N 22.2°E / 54.6; 22.2

Gusev (English) Гу́сев (Russian)
— Town —
Landkreis Gumbinnen's administration on a postcard from 1900
Location of Kaliningrad Oblast on the map of Russia
Gusev Location of Gusev on the map of Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°36′N 22°12′E / 54.6°N 22.2°E / 54.6; 22.2Coordinates: 54°36′N 22°12′E / 54.6°N 22.2°E / 54.6; 22.2
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Statistics
Population (2002 Census)	28,467 inhabitants^[1]

Time zone	USZ1/USZ1S (UTC+2/+3)

Gusev (Russian: Гу́сев; German: Gumbinnen; Lithuanian: Gumbinė; Polish: Głąbin/Gąbin) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is situated close to the border with Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. Population: 28,467 (2002 Census).

1 History
2 Notable residents
3 International relations
- 3.1 Twin towns — sister cities
4 References
5 External links

History

As Gumbinnen, the town was the capital of Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen in the Prussian Province of East Prussia. 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.

During the Nazi era, Gumbinnen was a military sub-region of the Königsberg military area, and was the headquarters of the 206th Depot-Abteilung.

On 21 January 1945, Gumbinnen was occupied by the Red Army. The following year, on 7 September 1946, it was renamed Gusev, after the Soviet Captain, Sergei Ivanovich Gusev, born in 1918, killed in action in the battle for the town in January 1945, who was posthumously given the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 19 April 1945.

Notable residents

Karin Burneleit (born 1943), athlete
Konrad Grallert von Cebrów (1865–1942), divisional commander in the Austro-Hungarian Army
Otto von Corvin (1812–1886), writer
Werner Dankwort (1895–1986), diplomat
Gotthard Heinrici (1886–1971), general

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns — sister cities

Gusev is twinned with:

Pabianice, Poland
Gołdap, Poland

References

^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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://perepis2002.ru/ct/html/TOM_01_04_1.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

External links

Official website of Gusev (Russian)
Unofficial website of Gusev (Russian)

v • d • e Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast

Administrative center: Kaliningrad (Königsberg)

	Bagrationovsk (Preußisch Eylau) · Baltiysk (Pillau) · Chernyakhovsk(Insterburg) · Guryevsk(Neuhausen) · Gusev (Gumbinnen) · Gvardeysk (Tapiau) · Krasnoznamensk (Lasdehnen) · Ladushkin (Ludwigsort) · Mamonovo (Heiligenbeil) · Neman (Ragnit) · Nesterov (Stallupönen) · Ozyorsk (Darkehmen) · Pionersky (Neukuhren) · Polessk (Labiau) · Pravdinsk (Friedland in Ostpreußen) · Slavsk (Heinrichswalde) · Sovetsk (Tilsit) · Svetlogorsk (Rauschen) · Svetly (Zimmerbude) · Zelenogradsk (Cranz)