Chernyakhovsk: the town of romantics, tourists and stray spies
Of course, tourists should better visit Chernyakhovsk (former Insterburg) in spring, summer or early autumn. The town, situated on the banks of a narrow river Instruch, is full of squares and parks with shady chestnut, lime and maple trees. So you think that you got into a well-cared-for botanic garden with no entrance fee.Unlike the district center – Kaliningrad – where the so called "developers" ruthlessly cut down the trees to be replaced by cottages for millionaires, the "axe of progress" is seldom used in Chernyakhovsk. And one can only exult over it. There is a hope that construction mafia, after all, will fail to reach that town, whose architectural form has originally united German (eastern Prussian) past with recent Soviet epoch.
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![V.I. Lenin monument, Chernyakhovsk town, Russia](gorod-chernyakhovsk-lenin-monument.jpg)
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![Hump-back bridge across the Instruch, Chernyakhovsk town, Russia](gorod-chernyakhovsk-gorbatiy-most.jpg)
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