Mayovka

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Mayovka (Russian: Маёвка; German: Georgenburg) is a settlement in Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Mayovka is located about ten kilometers northwest of Chernyakhovsk and has the best preserved medieval castle in the oblast.

The town was founded around the Ordensburg fortress Georgenburg ("George's castle") by the Teutonic Knights. The German-inhabited town became famous from a local stable for the Trakehner horse breed.

The town became part of the Soviet Union in 1945 following World War II and was repopulated with Russians. Georgenburg was renamed Mayovka, meaning "Celebration of the International Workers' Day" (May 1) in Russian.


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