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Chernyakhovsk
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Chernyakhovsk (; ; ; ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. With a population of 35,705 as of 2023, it is the third-largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast (behind Kaliningrad and Sovetsk).
Chernyakhovsk is a town in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast region and serves as the administrative center for its surrounding district. With about 35,700 residents, it is the third-largest city in Kaliningrad Oblast, after only Kaliningrad and Sovetsk.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Chernyakhovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Черняховск
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Chernyakhovsk (2023).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of Chernyakhovsk (2019).svg
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Chernyakhovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Chernyakhovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town of district significance
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Chernyakhovsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- town of district significance of Chernyakhovsk
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Chernyakhovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Chernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Chernyakhovsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Chernyakhovskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.area_km2
- 58
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_density
- 628
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ivan Chernyakhovsky
- Official name
- Инстербург
- Country
- State of the Teutonic Order
- Located in
- East Prussia
- Population
- 43620
- Area
- 58
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Chernyakhovsky District
- Official website
- inster39.ru
- Image
- Cernjahovsk.png
- Dialing code
- 40141
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- Commons category
- Chernyakhovsk
- postal code
- 238150–238169
- inception
- 1336-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Kirchheimbolanden
- category for people born here
- Q8078903
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chernyakhovsk
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Инстербург
- topic's main category
- Category:Chernyakhovsk
- P6482
- Chernyakhovsk
- P8168
- Valentina de Angelis
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval period
- Early modern period
- Late modern period
- World War II and post-war period
- Administrative and municipal status
- Population trends
- Military
- Coat of arms controversy
- Notable people
- Twin towns and sister cities
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Chernyakhovsk (; ; ; ) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District. With a population of 35,705 as of 2023, it is the third-largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast (behind Kaliningrad and Sovetsk).
It is located at the confluence of the Instruch and Angrapa rivers, which unite to become the Pregolya river below Chernyakhovsk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chernyakhovsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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