Mozyr (until 1946 - Klein Gnie ( German: Klein Gnie )) - a village in the Pravdinsky district of the Kaliningrad region . The administrative center of the Mozyr rural settlement . The population is 449 [1] people. (2010).
| Village | |
| Mazyr | |
|---|---|
| him. Klein gnie | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Kaliningrad region |
| Municipal District | Pravdinsky |
| Rural settlement | Mozyr |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1567 |
| Former names | until 1946 - Klein Rot it. Klein gnie |
| Center height | 50 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | ↘ 449 [1] people ( 2010 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 40157 |
| Postcode | 238416 |
| OKATO Code | 27233813001 |
| OKTMO Code | |
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Geography
Mozyr is located 45 km from Pravdinsk and 97 km from Kaliningrad . A highway of republican significance and the Chernyakhovsk - Zheleznodorozhny railway line pass through the village. Currently, traffic on it is closed. Near the village, the left-bank tributary, the Yasenka River, flows into the Putilovka River.
History
The settlement belongs to the historical region of East Prussia named Bartia . The first documented mention of Klein Gni dates back to 1567. In 1871, a railway station was opened in the village on the Insterburg line (now Chernyakhovsk) —Gerdauen (now Zheleznodorozhny ). In 1901, a neo-Gothic church building was built. In the village before the Second World War there were a brick factory, a forge, a mill, a school, a hotel.
Following the results of World War II, Klein Gni became part of the USSR . In 1946 it was renamed to Mozyr.
Population
| Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 1910 [2] | 1933 | 1939 [3] | 2002 [4] | 2010 [1] |
| 391 | ↗ 732 | ↗ 1030 | ↘ 1014 | ↘ 540 | ↘ 449 |
Education, culture and sport
In the village there is a secondary school, a cultural and leisure center, a library, a kindergarten.
Attractions
- Mass grave of Soviet soldiers who died in 1945.
- Kirche.
- A park.
Name Etymology
The new name was given to the former place of residence of workers from Belarus who came to rebuild the post-war Kaliningrad region from a large industrial center and the largest Belarusian river port of Mozyr [5] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Kaliningrad region. Table 10. The population of urban districts, municipalities, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements . Date of treatment November 28, 2013. Archived 2013-11-228.
- ↑ (1910) (German)
- ↑ (1939) (German)
- ↑ 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Kaliningrad region. The size and distribution of the population . Date of treatment February 3, 2014. Archived February 3, 2014.
- ↑ Kaliningrad Regional Universal Scientific Library-Local History