Chistye Prudy, Kaliningrad Oblast

Chistye Prudy (Russian: Чи́стые Пруды́; German: Tollmingkehmen, 1938-46 Tollmingen; Lithuanian: Tolminkiemis; Polish: Tołminkiejmy) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

In 1454, the region was incorporated by King Casimir IV Jagiellon to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.

Many famous people worked in the parish including Kristijonas Donelaitis, the author of the first Lithuanian poem The Seasons.

The last Prussian Lithuanians fled during the last months of World War II or were expelled with the other inhabitants of the region after 1945 in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement.

As a result of World War II, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 and it was given the Russian name Chistye Prudy (literally "Clean Ponds").