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Petrovskoye in the region of Kaliningrad is a town in Russia - some 598 mi or ( 962 km ) West of Moscow , the country's capital city .
Current time in Petrovskoye is now 05:19 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, Yasnaya Polyana, Nevskoye, Lugovoye, and Kaliningrad. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Riga . We saw 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 Petrovskoye ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Воинское захоронение в Нестерове
Захоронение Первой Мировой находится в черте Нестерова, между городским кладбищем и складом. www.nesterov-city.ru ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Battle of Stallupönen
The Battle of Stallupönen, fought between Russian and German armies on August 17, 1914, was the opening battle of World War I on the Eastern Front. It was a minor German success, but did little to upset the Russian timetable.
Located at 54.63 22.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Yasnaya Polyana, Kaliningrad Oblast
Yasnaya Polyana is a rural settlement (posyolok) in the Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast, north of the Romincka Forest. Nearby Diwnoje Nowoje is a railway station on the former Prussian Eastern Railway from Kaliningrad to Kybartai in Lithuania. The settlement was originally known as the village of Trakehnen in East Prussia, named after the Old Prussian word trakis, meaning "great bog".
Located at 54.57 22.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Chernyshevskoye
Chernyshevskoye is a settlement in Nesterovsky District in the eastern part of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, on the border with Lithuania. Between Chernyshevskoye and Lithuanian Kybartai is an important 24-hour border crossing point on the A229 principal road and the railway route connecting Kaliningrad with Moscow through the European Union member Lithuania and Belarus.
Located at 54.64 22.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Liepona
Liepona is a small rivulet that flows for 22.9 km on the border of Lithuania – Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Left tributary to Širvinta, Liepona originates in Lithuania, near Kylininkai village. In 1980, a 26-hectare pond for irrigation was built about 16 km from the mouth. It is famous for an incident in June 1940 when President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona had to cross the shallow river in order to reach Nazi Germany in the aftermath of the Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania.
Located at 54.68 22.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Chistye Prudy, Kaliningrad Oblast
Chistye Prudy is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The settlement is located fifteen kilometers from the Russian border with southwestern Lithuania. Tollmingkehmen was mentioned in the written sources in the 14th century. In 1589, it became a center of a parish.
Located at 54.46 22.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
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