Slavsk

Slavsk (English)
Славск (Russian)
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Location of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
Slavsk
Location of Slavsk in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 55°05′N 21°40′E / 55.083°N 21.667°E / 55.083; 21.667Coordinates: 55°05′N 21°40′E / 55.083°N 21.667°E / 55.083; 21.667
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kaliningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative district Slavsky District[1]
Town of district significance Slavsk[1]
Administrative center of Slavsky District,[1] town of district significance of Slavsk[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2012)
Municipal district Slavsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Slavskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Slavsky Municipal District,[2] Slavskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 4,614 inhabitants[3]
Time zone USZ1 (UTC+02:00)[4]
Founded 1292[5]
Previous names Heinrichswalde (until 1945),[5]
Khaynrikhsvalde (until 1946)[5]
Postal code(s)[6] 238600
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Slavsk (Russian: Славск), prior to 1946 known by its German name Heinrichswalde (Polish: Jędrzychowo; Lithuanian: Gastos), is a town and the administrative center of Slavsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 105 kilometers (65 mi) northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 4,614 (2010 Census);[3] 5,172 (2002 Census);[7] 4,682 (1989 Census).[8]

History

Historical affiliations

Teutonic Order 1292–1466
Teutonic Order 1466–1525 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1525–1657 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1657–1701
 Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Soviet Union 1945–1991
 Russian Federation 1991–present

The town was established in 1292.[5] In 1819 it became seat of the Prussian Elchniederung district. After World War II and the subsequent border shift, the region was placed under Soviet administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement, the native German populace was expelled.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slavsk serves as the administrative center of Slavsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with six rural localities, incorporated within Slavsky District as the town of district significance of Slavsk.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Slavsk is incorporated within Slavsky Municipal District as Slavskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The town has a railway station on the Sovetsk-Kaliningrad railroad.

Notable residents

Twin towns and sister cities

Slavsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #640
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #261
  3. 1 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 3 4 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 424. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. ↑ 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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