Malomozhayskoye

Malomozhayskoye
Маломожайское
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Malomozhayskoye (European Russia)
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Malomozhayskoye (Russia)
Coordinates: 54°55′12″N 22°12′0″E / 54.92000°N 22.20000°E / 54.92000; 22.20000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast
Administrative districtNemansky District
Founded1665
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2021)[1]
502 )
Time zoneUTC+2 (MSK–1 [2])
Postal code[3]
238717
OKTMO ID27714000271

Malomozhayskoye (Russian: Маломожайское; Polish: Budwiecie;[4] Lithuanian: Būdviečiai) is a rural settlement in Nemansky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the region of Lithuania Minor.

History

The local Protestant parish was consecrated in 1665. Lithuanian-language church services were held here.[5]

Under Nazi Germany, in 1938, the village was renamed Altenkirch to erase traces of Lithuanian origin.[6]

Demographics

Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2021 census:[1]

percent
Russians
67.93%
Yazidis
12.35%
Lithuanians
6.77%
Armenians
2.99%
Chechens
2.59%
Belarusians
1.20%
Ukrainians
1.00%
Poles
0.60%
Mordvins
0.60%
Refused answer, no nationality or no data
3.39%

References

  1. ^ a b "Ethnic composition of Russia 2021". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. ^ M. Kiełczewska; Wł. Chojnacki (1946). Okręg Mazurski: mapa komunikacyjno-administracyjna wraz z niemiecko-polskim i polsko-niemieckim słownikiem nazw (Map). 1:500,000 (in Polish). Poznań.
  5. ^ Arnoldts, Daniel Heinrich (1777). Kurzgefaßte Nachrichten von allen seit der Reformation an den lutherischen Kirchen in Ostpreußen gestandnen Predigern (in German). Königsberg. pp. 125, 131.
  6. ^ Neues Ortsnamenverzeichnis von Ostpreußen mit den alten und neuen Ortsnamen (in German). Gräfe und Unzer Verlag. 1938. p. 24.