Chekhovo, Kaliningrad Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Chekhovo.

Chekhovo Че́хово
Rural locality
Old church ruins
Location of Chekhovo
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Coordinates: 54°32′40″N 20°43′15″E
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; Lithuanian: Udravangis) is a settlement in Bagrationovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

History

The village was founded in 1365. The name is of Old Prussian origin.^[3] The Dobrzyński Polish noble family lived in the village.^[4] In 1884, it had a population of 1,209.^[3]

References

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. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 742.
4. Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 581.