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East Prussia (Ostpreußen), a former province of Prussia and the 2nd & 3rd German Empires (2. und 3. Deutsches Reichs), was located in extreme Northeast Germany (existed prior to 1945; it was dissolved in 1945). | East Prussia (Ostpreußen), a former province of Prussia and the 2nd & 3rd German Empires (2. und 3. Deutsches Reichs), was located in extreme Northeast Germany (existed prior to 1945; it was dissolved in 1945). | ||
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The northern part of East Prussia was assigned at Potsdam to the USSR; it includes the cities of Königsberg (Russian: Kaliningrad), Tilsit (Russian: Sovetsk), Insterburg (Russian: Chernyakhovsk), Gumbinnen (Russian: Gusev), and Pilau (Russian: Baltiysk). The remainder of East Prussia was incorporated into Poland as Olsztyn | The northern part of East Prussia was assigned at Potsdam to the USSR; it includes the cities of Königsberg (Russian: Kaliningrad), Tilsit (Russian: Sovetsk), Insterburg (Russian: Chernyakhovsk), Gumbinnen (Russian: Gusev), and Pilau (Russian: Baltiysk). The remainder of East Prussia was incorporated into Poland as Olsztyn | ||
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