Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast

Pionersky (Russian: Пионе́рскийⓘ; German: Neukuhrenⓘ ; Lithuanian: Kuršiai) is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Baltic Sea on the Sambian Peninsula, between Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk.

After the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), the area became a part of a Polish fief held by the Teutonic Knights and by secular Ducal Prussia until 1657.

[8] It was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 upon the end of World War II and renamed Pionersky after the children's health camp of the Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union that was established in the town after the war by the new Soviet authorities.

The town's small harbor, formerly used only for fishing, now accommodates sailboats and beach tourism.

[3] Pionersky Radar Station is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the south of the town on the former Dunayevka air base.