Gvardeysk
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Gvardeysk (Russian: Гварде́йск (help·info); German: Tapiau (help·info)) until 1946; Lithuanian: Tepliava) is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pregolya River some 38 km east of Kaliningrad. Population: 14,572 (2002 Census).
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[edit] History
The site of Gvardeysk was first documented in 1255 as a fort of the Old Prussians. The Teutonic Knights built a castle there from 1283–1290; archives of the Order were kept in the castle from 1469–1722. The town was conquered from Germany by the Soviet Union in 1945 following the end of World War II. The German population evacuated or was expelled and replaced by Russians.
[edit] Sights
Sights of Gvardeysk include a church from 1502 and a ruined castle, reconstructed into an orphanage in 1879.
[edit] Famous residents
- Albert of Prussia (1490-1568), Grand Master and duke who died in Tapiau
- Lovis Corinth (1858-1925), painter born in Tapiau
[edit] External links
- (Russian) Website on Tapiau
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Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Kaliningrad Bagrationovsk | Baltiysk | Chernyakhovsk | Guryevsk | Gusev | Gvardeysk | Krasnoznamyonsk | Ladushkin | Mamonovo | Neman | Nesterov | Ozyorsk | Pionersky | Polessk | Pravdinsk | Slavsk | Sovetsk | Svetlogorsk | Svetly | Zelenogradsk |
