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 | |||||||||||
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| Province of the Kingdom of Prussia (until 1918) and the Free State of Prussia | |||||||||||
| 1772–1829 1878–1945 | |||||||||||
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.svg) East Prussia in the German Empire. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Königsberg | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1905 | 36,993 km2 (14,283 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1905 | 2025741 | ||||||||||
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• Created | 31 January 1773 | ||||||||||
• Province of Prussia | 3 December 1829 | ||||||||||
• Province restored | 1 April 1878 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Lithuania Poland Russia | ||||||||||
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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change- ↑ "Sarmatian Review XV.1: Davies". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "East Prussia". Britannica. Retrieved 15 February 2019.