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Almost all the native Prussians fled the area before the onslaught of the Red Army or were killed in the invasion and/or the aftermath. Russians were moved in because it was considered a vital assets in the late 1940s.
After the USSR pulled out it was offered to Lithuania but they didn't want it, too many Russians who didn't like the idea. It was offered to Germany, same thing. So Russia inherited it.
As usual you are changing history. The actual story is over 100k Germans were left and were forcibly removed a few years after the war. Then 400k Russians were moved in. In the 50s (not 1990) it was offered to Lithuania (much like Crimea to Ukraine) but Lithuania did not want half a million Russians added to their country (smart move looking back at it now). It's not Russian land in any historical sense. It probably won't stay Russian.
I know more about the fighting than what happened after 1945. There were not a lot of people left in the area most having fled west.
Your view has merit as the Soviets needed that land in production. If there were not enough people left then they had to bring more in. Mixing them with the German locals would have been a bad thing then. There was doubtless other reasons too. Rubbing salt in wounds.
I don't know what the future holds for the enclave but regardless of the flag the people will be there.
Russia has become mortally dangerous to the rest of the world!
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As usual you are changing history. The actual story is over 100k Germans were left and were forcibly removed a few years after the war. Then 400k Russians were moved in. In the 50s (not 1990) it was offered to Lithuania (much like Crimea to Ukraine) but Lithuania did not want half a million Russians added to their country (smart move looking back at it now). It's not Russian land in any historical sense. It probably won't stay Russian.
The likely hood of Kaliningrad (Eat Prussia) going back to Germany is about the same as Germany getting Pomerania and Salacia back from Poland. Maybe at some future date Kaliningrad will become an independent country, but I doubt it will be absorbed by Germany, considering they are still having a hard time integrating East Germany with West Germany.
Also not all of East Prussia went to Russia, parts of it were given to Poland and Lithuania.
I never said Kaliningrad would go back to Germany. But since you brought it up, it would likely become Lithuanian in the event of Russia losing control of the territory.
The likely hood of Kaliningrad (Eat Prussia) going back to Germany is about the same as Germany getting Pomerania and Salacia back from Poland. Maybe at some future date Kaliningrad will become an independent country, but I doubt it will be absorbed by Germany, considering they are still having a hard time integrating East Germany with West Germany.
Also not all of East Prussia went to Russia, parts of it were given to Poland and Lithuania.
Don't think about borderlines changes. It's dangerously!
I never said Kaliningrad would go back to Germany. But since you brought it up, it would likely become Lithuanian in the event of Russia losing control of the territory.
Lithuania or Poland. What about the 2 becoming a unified state like the PLC? Then absorb the enclave and come up with a final solution to the Russian question.
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