Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast
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Gusev is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania,
Old tenement houses
Salzburg Lutheran Church
Aerial view in the early 20th century
Administrative building
Battle of Gumbinnen
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The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire on 20 August 1914, was a German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Because of the hastiness of the German atta
Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast
…a machine shop, a furniture factory, a clothing mill, two sawmills, several brickworks, and a dairy. During World War I the town was the site of the Battle of Gumbinnen, a major battle on the Eastern Front. The battle took place nearby in the opening days of the war in August 1914, and Gumbinnen was subsequently occupied…
Eastern Front, 17–23 August 1914.
German movements