Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Pionersky.
Pionersky (English)
Пионерский (Russian)
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Location of Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
Pionersky
Location of Pionersky in Kaliningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 20°14′00″E / 54.95167°N 20.23333°E / 54.95167; 20.23333Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 20°14′00″E / 54.95167°N 20.23333°E / 54.95167; 20.23333
Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kaliningrad Oblast
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Pionersky[1]
Administrative center of town of oblast significance of Pionersky[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2009)
Urban okrug Pionersky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Pionersky Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,016 inhabitants[3]
Time zone USZ1 (UTC+02:00)[4]
Previous names Neukuhren
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Pionersky (Russian:  Пионе́рский​ ; German: Neukuhren ( pronunciation ); Polish: Kursze; Lithuanian: Naujieji Kuršiai) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Baltic Sea on the Sambian Peninsula, between Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk. Population: 11,016 (2010 Census);[3] 11,816 (2002 Census);[5] 11,635 (1989 Census).[6]

History

Historical affiliations

Teutonic Order 1254–1466
Teutonic Order 1466–1525 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1525–1657 (fief of Poland)
Duchy of Prussia 1657–1701
 Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1871
 German Empire 1871–1918
 Weimar Republic 1918–1933
 Nazi Germany 1933–1945
 Soviet Union 1945–1991
 Russian Federation 1991–present

When the region was part of Germany the town was known as Neukuhren. It was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 upon the end of World War II and renamed Pionersky after the children's health camp of the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union that was established in the town after the war by the new Soviet authorities. The town's small harbor, formerly used only for fishing, now accommodates sailboats and beach tourism.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Pionersky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Municipally, the town of oblast significance of Pionersky is incorporated as Pionersky Urban Okrug.[2]

Military

Pionersky Radar Station is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the south of the town on the former Dunayevka air base.

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Pionersky is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Resolution #639
  2. 1 2 3 Law #374
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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