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Shuvalovo Destination Guide

Delve into Shuvalovo in Russia

Shuvalovo in the region of Kaliningrad is a city in Russia - some 624 mi or ( 1004 km ) West of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Current time in Shuvalovo is now 08:48 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kaliningrad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Riga, Ozërsk, Novostroyevo, Mayakovskoye, and Kaliningrad. While being here, make sure to check out Riga . Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Shuvalovo ? 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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 54.59 22.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Communication towers, Radio masts, Towers in Russia

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.

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Located at 54.48 22.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: East Prussia, Geography of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, International rivers of Europe, Rivers of Kaliningrad Oblast, Rivers of Poland

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.

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Located at 54.52 22.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 1944 in Germany, Germany–Soviet Union relations, Nazi propaganda, Soviet World War II crimes, World War II propaganda

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.

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Located at 54.52 22.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Rural localities in Kaliningrad Oblast

Chernyakhovsk (air base)

Chernyakhovsk (also Chernyahovsk) – Russian: Черняхо́вск – is a naval air base located 4 km southwest of the city of Chernyakhovsk (formerly Insterburg) in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is a medium sized interceptor airfield, listed as a nuclear bomber base by a Natural Resources Defense Council study. One of the main regiments at the base was the 4th Guards Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment, known up until 1989 as the 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

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Located at 54.60 21.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Russian Navy, Soviet Naval Aviation bases