Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

E171443

Sovetsk, in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast, is a small border town on the Neman River historically known as Tilsit, where Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I concluded the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit.

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Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal formation in Russia
town
administrativeCenterOf Sovetsky Urban Okrug
areaCode +7 40161
borderRiver Neman River
borderWith Lithuania
concludedBetween Alexander I of Russia
Napoleon I of France
linked to: Napoleon I
connects Panemunė, Lithuania
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
country Russia
crosses Neman River
currentNameAdopted 1946
distanceToKaliningradApprox ~120 km
federalSubject Kaliningrad Oblast
foundedInCentury 16th century
hasBorderCrossingOver Neman River
hasCityStatusSince 1552
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCulturalHeritage German-era buildings
Prussian architecture
hasEconomicActivity border trade
light industry
hasLandmark Queen Louise Bridge
historicalLanguage German
historicalName Tilsit
knownFor Treaty of Tilsit
locatedIn Kaliningrad Oblast
locatedInHistoricalRegion East Prussia
locatedNear Baltic Sea region
locatedOnRiver Neman River
namedAfter Soviet period
officialLanguage Russian
partOfEnclave Kaliningrad exclave
linked to: Kaliningrad Oblast
populationApproximate ~40,000
postalCodeRange 238750–238760
signedIn Tilsit
timeOffsetUTC +2
timeZone Kaliningrad Time
transferAfterEvent World War II
transferredTo Soviet Union
treatySignedHere Treaty of Tilsit (1807)
linked to: Treaty of Tilsit
vehicleRegistrationCode 39
wasPartOf German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic

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Treaty of Tilsit signedInPresentDay Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Queen Louise Bridge connects Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia