Polessk

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Polessk (Russian: Поле́сск; German: Labiau; Polish: Labiawa; Lithuanian: Labguva) is a town in and the administrative center of Polessky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 7,600 (2004 est.); 7,681 (2002 Census); 6,859 (1989 Census); 4,744 (1885).

Polessk lies between Kaliningrad and Sovetsk at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River, shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon. The Polessk Canal begins in the town.

The town contains a castle built by the Teutonic Order, who gave it the German name Labiau. It became part of Ducal Prussia and on November 20, 1656 was the location of the Treaty of Labiau. While part of East Prussia within the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire, Labiau was a district seat in the administrative region of Königsberg. In 1885, Labiau had 4,744 inhabitants, almost all of whom were Lutherans.

Labiau was overrun by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 during the World War II. In that year it was transferred from German to Russian control and renamed from Labiau to Polessk.

	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