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	'''Tilsit''' (Russian: ''Sovetsk'') is an ancient town on the river Memel in [[East Prussia]], founded by the [[Teutonic Knights]] in 1288, some 90 miles north of [[Insterburg]].		'''Tilsit''' (Russian: ''Sovetsk'') is an ancient town on the river Memel in [[East Prussia]], founded by the [[Teutonic Knights]] in 1288, some 90 miles north of [[Insterburg]].

	In 1904 Tilsit's population stood at 34,500 inhabitants. It had notable buildings and churches of architectural merit, as well as an electric tramway system. In 1935 it was noted as having foundries, machinery and chemical factories and a distillery as well as being an inland river port. Its population then was 50,834.<ref>''The New Atlas & Gazetteer of the World'', Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935, p.289.</ref> Its population in 1990 was estimated at 41,000 (Russians).		In 1904 Tilsit's population stood at 34,500 inhabitants. It had notable buildings and churches of architectural [[merit]], as well as an electric tramway system. In 1935 it was noted as having foundries, machinery and chemical factories and a distillery as well as being an inland river port. Its population then was 50,834.<ref>''The New Atlas & Gazetteer of the World'', Odhams Press Ltd., [[London]], 1935, p.289.</ref> Its population in 1990 was estimated at 41,000 (Russians).

	==History==		==History==
	On a raft, anchored below a bridge-of-boats, the imposed Peace of 1807 was concluded between [[Napoleon]], Tsar Alexander of Russia, and King [[Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia]], by which Prussia was deprived of one half of her domains. A marble tablet marked the house in which King Frederick Wilhelm and his Queen Luise resided.		On a raft, anchored below a bridge-of-boats, the imposed [[Peace]] of 1807 was concluded between [[Napoleon]], Tsar Alexander of Russia, and King [[Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia]], by which Prussia was deprived of one half of her domains. A marble tablet marked the house in which King Frederick Wilhelm and his Queen Luise resided.

	Tilsit was the birthplace of '''Gustaf Kossinna''' (1858-1931) a famous German philologist and archaeologist, who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of Berlin.		Tilsit was the birthplace of '''Gustaf Kossinna''' (1858-1931) a famous [[German]] philologist and archaeologist, who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of [[Berlin]].

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	* ''Northern Germany'' by Karl Baedeker, 14th revised edition, Leipzig, 1904, p.178.		* ''Northern [[Germany]]'' by [[Karl]] Baedeker, 14th revised edition, Leipzig, 1904, p.178.
	* ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 15th edition, "Micropaedia" vol.11, Chicago, 1990, p.57.		* ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 15th edition, "Micropaedia" vol.11, Chicago, 1990, p.57.

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	* ''Northern Germany'' by Karl Baedeker, 14th revised edition, Leipzig, 1904, p.178.		* ''Northern Germany'' by Karl Baedeker, 14th revised edition, Leipzig, 1904, p.178.

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[[File:East Prussia Tilsit from a plane.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Aerial view of Tilsit]]
[[File:East_Prussia_Tilsit_Graduates'_Street.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Tilsit High Street]]
[[File: East_Prussia_Tilsit_1930s.jpg|300px|thumb|right|18th century Town Hall, right.]]
'''Tilsit''' (Russian: ''Sovetsk'') is an ancient town on the river Memel in [[East Prussia]], founded by the [[Teutonic Knights]] in 1288, some 90 miles north of [[Insterburg]].

In 1904 Tilsit's population stood at 34,500 inhabitants. It had notable buildings and churches of architectural merit, as well as an electric tramway system. In 1935 it was noted as having foundries, machinery and chemical factories and a distillery as well as being an inland river port. Its population then was 50,834.<ref>''The New Atlas & Gazetteer of the World'', Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935, p.289.</ref> Its population in 1990 was estimated at 41,000 (Russians).

==History==
On a raft, anchored below a bridge-of-boats, the imposed Peace of 1807 was concluded between [[Napoleon]], Tsar Alexander of Russia, and King [[Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia]], by which Prussia was deprived of one half of her domains. A marble tablet marked the house in which King Frederick Wilhelm and his Queen Luise resided.

Tilsit was the birthplace of '''Gustaf Kossinna''' (1858-1931) a famous German philologist and archaeologist, who was Professor of German Archaeology at the University of Berlin.

==1945==
In 1945 [[East Prussia]] fell to the advancing [[Soviet Union|Red Army]]. The entire German population who had not already fled as refugees were brutally raped, murdered, and expelled by the Soviets.<ref>''The Expulsion of the German Population from the Territories East of the Oder-Neisse-Line'', editor, Professor Theodor Schieder, University of Koln, ''et al'', with translations by Professor Dr. Vivian Stranders, M.A., University of London, FDR Ministry for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims, Bonn, 1954.</ref> The small industries were destroyed. The [[Soviet Union]] annexed this part of East Prussia forming a small territory consisting of the northern part of the old province (minus [[Memel]]) which they renamed the [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] (or enclave) after an old [[Bolshevik]]. Tilsit, was repopulated with a smaller fraction of the original population by settlers from Russia.

In the Schenkendorf Platz was a monument to the famous German poet '''Max von Schenkendorf''' (1783-1817), a native of Tilsit. It was removed by the Soviets after 1945 and in 1967 was replaced by a statue of [[Lenin]].

==References==
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* ''Northern Germany'' by Karl Baedeker, 14th revised edition, Leipzig, 1904, p.178.
* ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 15th edition, "Micropaedia" vol.11, Chicago, 1990, p.57.

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