Bol’shakovo, Russia
Большаково
Bol’shakovo is a town of 2,448 people in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
Why visit Bol’shakovo
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 1 place to eat in and around town.
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About Bol’shakovo
Bolshakovo (Russian: Большако́во, Lithuanian: Didieji Skaisgiriai, German: Groß Skaisgirren or Kreuzingen (1938-1946)), also referred to as Bolshakovo-Novoye (Russian: Большако́во-Новое), is a settlement located in the southern part of Slavsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 90 km from Kaliningrad. The adjective "Novoye" (new) is sometimes used to distinguish it from an eponymous village in Ivanovo Oblast of Russia.
From the Wikipedia article Bolshakovo (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
The village was part of the state of the Teutonic Knights. In 1454, the region was incorporated by King Casimir IV Jagiellon to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the Prussian Confederation. After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, since 1466, it formed part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order, and from 1525 held by Ducal Prussia. From the 18th century it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in the Landkreis Elchniederung (district) in the Province of East Prussia. In the late 19th century, the village had 147 houses and 731 inhabitants. The population was employed in agriculture and cattle and horse breeding. In 1938, during a massive Nazi campaign of renaming of placenames, it was renamed to Kreuzingen to erase traces of Lithuanian origin. Until the end of World War II, the biggest livestock railway station of Germany was located there. Following the war, it fell to the Soviet Union.
From the History section of Bolshakovo on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Bol’shakovo
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kaliningrad (KGD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 67 km away.
- Sovetsk 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
- Chernyakhovsk 29 km south, about 29 min by car
- Neman 29 km northeast, about 29 min by car
- Polessk 35 km west, about 35 min by car
- Gvardeysk 46 km southwest, about 46 min by car
- Gusev 48 km southeast, about 48 min by car
- Zheleznodorozhnyy 62 km south, about 1 h by car
- Pravdinsk 63 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Gur’yevsk 68 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kaliningrad 75 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bolshakovo Kreuzingen trainstation, Jan Pešula ( User:Sapfan ), CC BY-SA 2.5
- Kirche Skaisgirren Kreuzingen, Vorsig, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 27K-068 sunset 03, Bkdrf, CC BY 4.0
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