Privolnoye, Chernyakhovsky District

Privolnoye
Привольное
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Privolnoye (Russia)
Coordinates: 54°43′29″N 21°54′24″E / 54.72472°N 21.90667°E / 54.72472; 21.90667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaliningrad Oblast
Administrative districtChernyakhovsky District
Founded1578
Population
 • Estimate 
(2021)[1]
542 )
Time zoneUTC+2 (MSK–1 [2])
Postal code[3]
238171
OKTMO ID27739000451

Privolnoye (Russian: Привольное, Lithuanian: Naniškas, Polish: Neumiszki)[4] is a rural settlement in Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the historic region of Lithuania Minor, approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Chernyakhovsk.[5]

History

The village was first recorded in 1578. The majority of Lithuanian inhabitants died to the Great Northern War plague outbreak in 1709.[5] From 1711, Calvinist immigrants from Switzerland, Nassau and the Palatinate settled in the village.[5][6] A new school and Reformed church were built in 1748 and 1808, respectively.[6] The local Reformed congregation was gifted silverware by the Polish Reformed Congregation of Königsberg (Polish: Królewiec) as it dissolved in 1843.[6] As of 1878, the village had a population of 370, Calvinist by confession, employed in agriculture and cattle and horse breeding.[5] In 1938, the Nazi government of Germany renamed the village to Neunassau in attempt to erase traces of Lithuanian origin.

Demographics

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

percent
Russians
80.07%
Armenians
12.36%
Lithuanians
1.66%
Ukrainians
1.11%
Chechens
1.11%
Germans
0.92%
Dargins
0.55%

References

  1. ^ a b "Ethnic composition of Russia 2021". Retrieved 31 March 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. ^ "Kowno" (Map). Mapa Polski i krajów ościennych. 1:500,000 (in Polish). Edinburgh: Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny. 1944.
  5. ^ a b c d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1886. p. 23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b c Gresch, Eberhard (2012). Im Blickpunkt der Geschichte der Reformation: Evangelisch-Reformierte in (Ost-)Preußen (in German). pp. 34–35.