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Explore Kostino in Russia
Kostino in the region of Kaliningrad is a town in Russia - some 618 mi or ( 995 km ) West of Moscow , the country's capital city .
Current time in Kostino is now 11:38 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kaliningrad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Riga, Yasnoye Pole, Sadovoye, Ozërsk, and Krasnoyarskoye. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Riga . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Kostino ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Veselovka TV Mast
Veselovka TV Mast is a 151 metres tall guyed tubular steel mast for FM- and TV-transmission near Veselovka in Kaliningrad Oblast at Russia. Veselovka TV Mast was built in 1965 and is from a somewhat unique structural type. It is equipped with six crossbars equipped with gangways, which run in two levels from the mast structure to the guys.
Located at 54.59 22.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Nemmersdorf massacre
Nemmersdorf in East Prussia was one of the first pre-war ethnic German villages to fall to the advancing Red Army in World War II. On October 21, 1944 it was the scene of a massacre perpetrated by the Soviet soldiers against German civilians and French and Belgian noncombattants. Determining the facts has aroused controversy.
Located at 54.52 22.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Mayakovskoye
Mayakovskoye is a rural locality (a settlement) in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located to the southeast of the town of Gusev, on the banks of the Angrapa river. Until 1945, the settlement Nemmersdorf was a part of German East Prussia. It became known during World War II on October 22, 1944 as the site of the first Soviet war crime on German territory against Germans, the Nemmersdorf massacre.
Located at 54.52 22.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Angrapa River
Angrapa is a river in northeastern Poland and Russia. It originates in Masuria and flows into the Pregolya, of which it is a main tributary. The Angrapa has a length of 172 km and a basin area of 3,639 km². The Russian name Angrapa is derived from the old German name Angerapp, which in turn is derived from the Old Prussian words anguris (eel) and apis (river). The river's name therefore means "Eel River". The city of Ozyorsk (formerly the German town of Darkehmen) lies on the Angrapa.
Located at 54.48 22.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire on August 20, 1914, was the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Because of the hastiness of the German attack, however, the Russian army emerged victorious.
Located at 54.60 22.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
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