Saranskoe Explained

En Name:Saranskoe
Ru Name:Саранское
Pushpin Map:Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Russia
Federal Subject:Kaliningrad Oblast
Adm District Jur:Polessky District
Inhabloc Cat:Rural locality
Pop 2010Census:988
Established Date:1258
Established Title:First mentioned
Date:April 2022

Saranskoe, Saranskoye (;, Лаукишкен; ; Polish: Łaukiszki) is a rural locality (selo) in Kaliningrad Oblast. It lies approximately 11km (07miles) east of Polessk.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1258. In 1454, the region was incorporated by King Casimir IV Jagiellon to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.[1] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, since 1466, it formed part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order,[2] and from 1525 held by Ducal Prussia. From the 18th century it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in the Landkreis Labiau/Kreis Labiau (district) in the Province of East Prussia. In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 416, entirely Lithuanian-speaking and Lutheran by confession.[3] Lithuanian church services were held in the local church.[4]

Following World War II, it passed to the Soviet Union.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Book: Górski, Karol. Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych. 1949. Instytut Zachodni. Poznań. pl. 54.
  2. Górski, p. 96–97, 214–215
  3. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V. 1884. pl. Warszawa. 105.
  4. Book: Arnoldts, Daniel Heinrich. Kurzgefaßte Nachrichten von allen seit der Reformation an den lutherischen Kirchen in Ostpreußen gestandnen Predigern. 1777. Königsberg. 54.