Chernyakhovsk (town named in his honor)

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Chernyakhovsk is a town in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast named in honor of Soviet World War II General Ivan Chernyakhovsky.

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Chernyakhovsk (town named in his honor) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
urban locality
administrativeCenterOf Chernyakhovsky District
belongsTo Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast
climateClassification humid continental climate
country Russia
federalSubject Kaliningrad Oblast
formerName Insterburg
governingBody administration of Chernyakhovsk
hasEconomicActivity agriculture-related services
industry
transport services
hasHeritage German architectural heritage
Soviet-era architecture
hasMilitaryHistory World War II operations area
hasMunicipalStatus town of district significance
hasRailConnectionTo Königsberg
surface form: Kaliningrad

Moscow
Vilnius
hasRoadConnectionViaHighway A229
hasTransportFunction regional transport hub
historicalAffiliation German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
historicalEvent transferred to Soviet Union after World War II
honours Ivan Chernyakhovsky NERFINISHED
languageMajorityCurrent Russian
languageMajorityHistorical German
locatedEastOf Königsberg
surface form: Kaliningrad
locatedInDistrict Chernyakhovsky District
locatedInFormerCountry Germany
locatedInFormerState East Prussia
locatedInRegion historical region of East Prussia
locatedInTimeZone Kaliningrad Time
locatedNearBorderWith Lithuania
Poland
locatedOnRiver Angrapa River NERFINISHED
Instruch River
locatedWestOf Moscow
namedAfter Ivan Chernyakhovsky NERFINISHED
namedForRoleOfHonoree Soviet World War II general
partOf Kaliningrad Oblast
partOfGeographicalArea Baltic provinces
surface form: Baltic region
railwayJunction yes
renamedFrom Insterburg
renamedInYear 1946
timeZoneUTCOffset +2

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Ivan Chernyakhovsky hasPartInName Chernyakhovsk (town named in his honor)