Insterburg/Chernyakhovsk

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About Insterburg/Chernyakhovsk

The Teutonic Knights founded a castle known as Insterburg in 1336. A settlement grew up to serve the castle, and this settlement, also called Insterburg, was granted town privileges on 10 October 1583. Insterburg became part of the Duchy of Prussia and later the province of East Prussia within the Kingdom of Prussia.

The town became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the unification of Germany.

During World War II, Insterburg was heavily bombed by the British Royal Air Force on 27 July 1944. The town was stormed by Red Army troops on January 21–22, 1945.
Insterburg was transferred from Germany to the Soviet Union after the war according to the Potsdam Conference. Its German population either evacuated or was expelled and replaced with Russians. In 1946 Insterburg was renamed Chernyakhovsk in honor of the Soviet World War II general (later marshal) Ivan Chernyakhovsky.

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