Sovetsk, Russia

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Coordinates: 55° 5′ 0″ N, 21° 53′ 0″ E

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Sovetsk, Russia

Sovetsk, Russia

Sovetsk [Rus], Tilsit [Ger], Tilžė [Lith], Tylża [Pol], Tilzīte [Latv], Til'zit

Russian: Советск / Тильзит.

In E Prussia, 60 miles ENE of Kaliningrad (Königsberg), on the Lithuanian border.

Renamed from Tilsit to Sovetsk in 1946.

Jewish Population: 780 (in 1895)

1900: 

Tilsit, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany

1930: 

Tilsit, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany