Königsberg
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Königsberg was a German city established in the 13th century, which as a consequence of the redrawing of European maps in the wake of the defeat of Nazi Germany became part of the Soviet Union and was
Königsberg Castle before World War I; ruined in WWII, ruins demolished in 1968–1969 on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's orders
The 14th-century Königsberg Cathedral
Act of incorporation of the region into the Kingdom of Poland, 1454
Prussian Homage: Albert of Brandenburg and his brothers pay homage for the Duchy of Prussia to King Sigismund I the Old of Poland, 1525, painting by Jan Matejko, 1882
East Prussia
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East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878, with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871; following World War I, it formed part of
Ethnic settlement in East Prussia by the 14th century
Statue of Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach (last Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, first Duke of Prussia) in Malbork Castle
Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau in February 1807