Church in Pravdinsk, Gothic church in Pravdinsk, Russia

The Church in Pravdinsk, now the Russian Orthodox St. George's Church, is a brick Gothic structure with a five-storey tower rising 60.6 metres to a sphere and simple cross. Its oldest parts date from the second half of the 14th century; a three-aisled basilica with seven bays was formed before 1500, and the St. Anna Chapel was added on the south side in 1506. After lightning struck the tower in 1772, it was topped with a crenellated crown and a hexagonal spire of hollow brick.

A wooden church stood here from 1313; after Lithuanian raids burned it in 1347, it was rebuilt between 1360 and 1380 as a masonry hall church with sacristy and tower. Before 1500 two rows of pillars made it a three-aisled basilica of seven bays, and the St. Anna chapel was added on the south side in 1506. During the Battle of Friedland on 14 June 1807, General Bennigsen commanded from the tower parapet. Seized as a warehouse in 1961, it was returned to church use and re-consecrated on 27 September 2005.

The church is known locally by its older German name, Stadtkirche Friedland, a reference to the town's former identity as Friedland. Visitors walking through Pravdinsk today will find it standing at the center of the old town, where it remains a natural landmark for orientation.

The church sits in the center of Pravdinsk and can be reached on foot from most parts of the small town. Visiting in daylight gives the best view of the brick details on the facade and towers.

The Kaliningrad region is geographically separated from the rest of Russia, which means this church now stands in a Russian enclave surrounded by EU countries. A visitor standing in front of it is technically in Russia while being entirely surrounded by the European Union.