Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Gusevsky District |
| Town of district significance | Gusev |
| Administrative center of | Gusevsky District, town of district significance of Gusev |
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| Urban okrug | Gusevsky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Gusevsky Urban Okrug |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 28,260 inhabitants |
| Time zone | USZ1 (UTC+02:00) |
| First mentioned | 1580 |
| Town status since | 1724 |
| Previous names | Gumbinnen (until 1945) |
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Gusev (Russian: Гу́сев), previously known by its German name 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. Population: 28,260 (2010 Census);28,467 (2002 Census);27,031 (1989 Census).
The settlement of Gumbinnen (from Lithuanian: Gumbinė: tuber) in the Duchy of Prussia was first mentioned in a 1580 deed. The settlement had been laid out at the behest of the Hohenzollern duke Albert of Prussia in 1545.
In 1709-1711, the area was devastated by the plague and had to be redeveloped under the rule of King Frederick William I of Prussia. He granted Gumbinnen town privileges in 1724 and from 1732 resettled the area with Protestant expellees from the Archbishopric of Salzburg, who had been exiled by Prince-Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian. A first church of the Salzburg Protetants was erected in 1752 and rebuilt according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1840.
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