Nevskoye (russian: Невское) is a residential area in
Leningradsky District Leningradsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia.
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* ...
of
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
,
Russia
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. It was formerly known by its
German language
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names Kummerau and Cummerau as first a suburb of and then a
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of
Königsberg
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,
Germany
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, located northeast of the city center.
History
Kummerau was founded in 1336 by the
Bishopric of Samland
The Bishopric of Samland (Sambia) (german: Bistum Samland, pl, Diecezja sambijska) was a bishopric in Samland (Sambia) in medieval Prussia. It was founded as a Roman Catholic diocese in 1243 by papal legate William of Modena. Its seat was Kö ...
as a
German
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village; all surrounding villages at the time were inhabited by
Old Prussians
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. In the 18th century Kummerau was administered from
Kalthof.
By the 20th century Kummerau was connected to
Rothenstein to the northwest by Rothensteiner Straße and connected to
Devau to the south by Kummerauer Straße. The village was incorporated into the city of Königsberg in 1927. Housing in Kummerau increased in the 1930s during the
Nazi era
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.
[Gause III, p. 132]
Königsberg was transferred to
Soviet
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control in 1945 after World War II. Königsberg was subsequently renamed to ''Kaliningrad'' and Kummerau to ''Nevskoye'', after
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...
.
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1337 establishments in Europe
Kaliningrad
Populated places established in the 1330s
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