{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality | en_name = Druzhba | ru_name = Дружба | image_skyline = Кирха в поселке Дружба Правдинского района Калининградской области.jpg | image_caption = Gothic church | coordinates = {{coord|54|29|33|N|21|11|32|E|display=inline,title|region:RU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | pushpin_map = Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#European Russia#Russia | federal_subject = Kaliningrad Oblast | federal_subject_ref = | adm_district_jur = Pravdinsky District | inhabloc_cat = Rural locality | inhabloc_cat_ref = | inhabloc_type = | inhabloc_type_ref = | pop_2010census = 440 | pop_2010census_rank = | pop_2010census_ref = <ref name="2010Census"></ref> | website = }} '''Druzhba''' ({{langx|ru|Дру́жба}}, {{langx|de|Allenburg}}, {{langx|pl|Alembork}}, {{langx|lt|Alna}}) is a rural locality (a ''village'') in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Omet and Łyna rivers. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=440|p2002=515}} 1,750 (1900).<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon|volume=1|year=1905|language=de|location=Leipzig|page=345}}</ref>
==History== thumb|left|Destroyed factory during World War I The town was captured by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło in 1410.<ref name=sgk>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I|year=1880|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=26}}</ref> In 1440, the town was one of the founding members of the Prussian Confederation, which opposed Teutonic rule,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Górski|first=Karol|title=Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych|year=1949|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|location=Poznań|page=11|language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kętrzyński|first=Wojciech|author-link=Wojciech Kętrzyński|year=1882|title=O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich|language=pl|location=Lwów|publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich|page=608}}</ref> and upon the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the territory to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454.<ref>Górski, p. 54</ref> After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights.<ref>Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215</ref>
From the 18th century, it formed part of the Kingdom of Prussia. During the Seven Years' War, it was captured by Russia in 1757<ref>{{cite book|last=Ciesielski|first=Tomasz|editor-last=Gieszczyński|editor-first=Witold|editor-last2=Kasparek|editor-first2=Norbert|year=2010|title=Wielkie wojny w Prusach. Działania militarne między dolną Wisłą a Niemnem na przestrzeni wieków|language=pl|location=Dąbrówno|page=145|chapter=Prusy Wschodnie w trakcie polskiej wojny sukcesyjnej i wojny siedmioletniej|isbn=978-83-62552-00-9}}</ref> and 1758, and then occupied by Russia until 1762. From 1871 it was also part of Germany. The Provincial Sanatorium and Nursing Institution Allenberg was a psychiatric hospital in Allenberg from 1852 to 1940. In the late 19th century, the town had a population of 2,200, and eight annual fairs were held there.<ref name=sgk/> After World War II, the town was renamed to ''Druzhba''.
==Sights== The local Orthodox church is a medieval Brick Gothic building. There are also two locks of the Masurian Canal in the village.
==Notable residents== * Julius Hallervorden (1882–1965), German physician and neuroscientist
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Category:Rural localities in Kaliningrad Oblast Category:Pravdinsky District Category:Populated places in Russia that lost city or town status