Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast
For other places with the same name, see Zheleznodorozhny.
Coordinates: 54°21′40″N 21°18′42″E / 54.36111°N 21.31167°E
Central part in 2003
Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодоро́жный; German: Gerdauen; Polish: Gierdawy or Gierdawa; Lithuanian: Girdava), prior to 1946 known by its German name Gerdauen, is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 93 kilometers (58 mi) southeast of Kaliningrad, near the border with Poland. Population: 2,767 (2010 Census);[1] 2,945 (2002 Census);[2] 3,246 (1989 Census).[3]
Notable people
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796), satirical writer
- Theodor Schultz (1770–1850), Herrnhuter Missionary, author of Deutsch-Arawakan Dictionary
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Younger (1775–1837), jurist
- Wilhelm Steputat (1868-1941), author, jurist, politician
- Joachim Freiherr von Braun (1905–1974), jurist
- Hans Jenisch (1913–1982), U-boat commander
- Hinrich Kuessner (*1943), SPD-politician in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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