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History of the city Tilsit - Sovetsk
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- The remaining Germans who had not evacuated were subsequently expelled and replaced with Soviet citizens. The town was renamed Sovetsk by the new communist rulers in 1945, in honor of the Soviet system of rule. Tilsit was occupied by the Red Army on January 20, 1945, and was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945.
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- http://www.sovetsk39.ru
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- 2555
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