En Name: | Zagorskoye |
Ru Name: | Загорское |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Russia |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1539 |
Zagorskoye (ru|Загорское; lt|Peleninkai) is a rural locality in Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the region of Lithuania Minor. It has a population of
The village was founded in 1539. In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 410, partially Polish by ethnicity, mostly employed in farming and cattle and horse breeding.[1] Cattle and horses were sold at markets in Gierdawy and Welawa.[1]
Under Nazi Germany, the village was renamed Strigengrund to erase traces of non-German origin.