Chekhovo, Kaliningrad Oblast

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Rural locality in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Chekhovo

Че́хово

Rural locality

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Coordinates: 54°32′40″N 20°43′15″E﻿ / ﻿54.54444°N 20.72083°E﻿ / 54.54444; 20.72083
Country| Russia
Federal subject| Kaliningrad Oblast
Founded| 1365
Elevation

| 42 m (138 ft)
Time zone| UTC+2 (MSK–1 [1])
Postal code(s)[2]|

238423

OKTMO ID| 27703000256

Chekhovo (Russian: Че́хово; German: Uderwangen; Polish: Wydry;[3] Lithuanian: Udravangis) is a settlement in Bagrationovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

## History

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The village was founded in 1365. The name is of Old Prussian origin.[4] The Dobrzyński Polish noble family lived in the village.[5] In 1884, it had a population of 1,209.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 742.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. ^ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 581.

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