Gusev (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)

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Name (Hebrew)
גוסב (מחוז קלינינגרד, רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Gusev (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
Other forms of name
nnaa Gusev, Russia (Kaliningradskaya oblastʹ)
Gussevsk (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
Gusayev (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)
nne Gusev (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, R.S.F.S.R.)
Coordinates
22.19972 22.19972 54.59222 54.59222 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Gumbinnen (Germany)
Biographical or Historical Data
until 1945 in East Prussia and called Gumbinnen
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 144274075
Wikidata: Q5663
Library of congress: n 82154565
Sources of Information
  • BGN, per phone, 11/2/82(Gusev; popl. 54p0s 36ʹ N 22p0s 12ʹ E; variants: Gussevsk; Gusayev: earlier names: Gumbinnen; Gumbinen; Gąbin)
  • GEOnet, 02-24-99(Gusev, ppl.; 54p0s 35ʹ 32" N., 22p0s 11ʹ 59"E.; variant: Gumbinnen)
  • Jewish shtetl seeker, 02-24-99(Gusev, 54p0s 36ʹ N., 22p0s 12ʹE.; 610.5 miles W of Moscow)
Wikipedia description:

Gusev (Russian: Гу́сев; German: Gumbinnen; Lithuanian: Gumbinė; Polish: Gąbin) is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. It is part of the historic region of Lithuania Minor. Population: 28,177 (2021 census); 28,260 (2010 census); 28,467 (2002 census); 27,031 (1989 Soviet census).

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