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Coordinates: 54°56′32″N 22°29′23″E / 54.94222, 22.48972
Krasnoznamensk (Russian: Краснознаменск; German: Lazdenen or Haselberg; Lithuanian: Lazdynai; Polish: Łazdyny) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Šešupė River. It is the administrative center of Krasnoznamensky District of Kaliningrad Oblast. Population: {{ru-census2002|3751|;} 3,894 (1989 Census).[1] Lithuanians make up a significant portion of the population. Lithuanian cultural organisations exist in the town, which is in the ethnographic region known as Lithuania Minor.[1]
Prior to World War II the town was part of the Prussian Province of East Prussia, within Germany. Until 1938 its German name was Lazdenen, but as it was of Baltic Old Prussian origin, the Nazi government changed it to Haselberg ("Hazel Mountain") in 1938. After World War II ended in 1945, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union and the town was renamed Krasnoznamensk.
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- ^ 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.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
