East Prussia
province of Prussia
East Prussia (German: Ostpreußen; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Lithuanian: Rytų Prūsija; Latin: Borussia orientalis; Russian: Восточная Пруссия, Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province in the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829. From 1878 to 1918, it was part of the German Empire. From 1918 until 1945, it was a part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia. It's capital was Königsberg.
| East Prussia Ostpreußen | ||||||
| Province of the Kingdom of Prussia (until 1918) and the Free State of Prussia | ||||||
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| Capital | Königsberg | |||||
| History | ||||||
| • | Created | 31 January 1773 | ||||
| • | Province of Prussia | 3 December 1829 | ||||
| • | Province restored | 1 April 1878 | ||||
| • | Soviet capture | 1945 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 1905 | 36,993 km2 (14,283 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1905 | 2,025,741 | ||||
| Density | 54.8 /km2 (141.8 /sq mi) | |||||
| Today part of |  Lithuania Poland Russia
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After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the area was divided into to the Soviet Union (Russian SFSR, and Lithuanian SSR) and Poland (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship).[1][2] Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946. The German population either evacuated or was expelled.
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- ↑ "Sarmatian Review XV.1: Davies". Retrieved 8 December 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "East Prussia". Britannica. Retrieved 15 February 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)