History of Kaliningrad Oblast

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Before 1945, what is now Kaliningrad Oblast made up the northern part of East Prussia from the Baltic Sea to the east up to Lithuania and north of todays Poland.

Before 1945, what is now Kaliningrad Oblast made up the northern part of East Prussia from the Baltic Sea to the east up to Lithuania and north of today's Poland.

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Additional statement by J. Lemmens : Re. the name "East Prussia" being "both partisan and misleading" I would like to remark that the current Russian inhabitants of the region call their homeland this way (Vostochnya Prussia -- no, maybe not the military and top officials, but the common people anyway) -- just because it IS East Prussia, and they see no need to hide this fact. In fact they are generally quite interested in and open-minded about its German past.

Even the town of Kaliningrad is still being called "Kënigsberg" or simply "Kënig" by the man in the street, as well as this name being used by many local enterprises.

	Revision 7 . . (edit) December 3, 2001 10:52 am by J Hofmann Kemp
	Revision 6 . . November 29, 2001 2:06 am by H. Jonat *[ East Prussia =Ost Preussen=Vostochnya Prussia]**
	Revision 5 . . November 27, 2001 3:42 am by Rmhermen
	Revision 4 . . (edit) November 27, 2001 2:49 am by H. Jonat
	Revision 3 . . November 27, 2001 2:45 am by H. Jonat *[destruction under Soviet Union ]**
	Revision 2 . . November 25, 2001 2:57 am by Larry Sanger
	Revision 1 . . November 25, 2001 2:37 am by Larry Sanger