Nesterov

Also known as Stallupönen, Ebenrode, Stołupiany

Nesterov (, , until 1938 , , ; from 1938 to 1946: ) is a town and the administrative center of Nesterovsky District in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, located east of Kaliningrad, near the Russian-Lithuanian border on the railway connecting Kaliningrad Oblast with Moscow. Population figures:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Nesterov
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Нестеров
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Stalupėnai1.JPG
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Leningradskaya Street in Nesterov
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: left
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Gerb nesterov.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Europe
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Kaliningrad Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Nesterovsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Nesterov
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Town of district significance

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Contents

History
Early history
Late modern period
World War II
Demographics
Administrative and municipal status
Culture
Notable people
References
Notes
Sources

==History== ===Early history=== In the Middle Ages, the area in Old Prussia had been settled by the Nadruvian tribe of the Baltic Prussians. It was conquered by the Teutonic Knights in about 1276 and incorporated into the State of the Teutonic Order. From the 15th century onwards, the Knights largely resettled the lands with Samogitian and Lithuanian colonists. Since 1466, it was part of the Kingdom of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order.