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Also Known As Ducal Prussia • Ostpreussen

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Napoleon on the Battlefield at Eylau, February 1807
Battle of Eylau

Related Places

Russia
Russia
Germany
Germany
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1922–91
Soviet Union
historical state, Eurasia
Poland
Poland
Lithuania
Lithuania
Unification of Germany by Prussia
Prussia
region, Europe
German Empire
German Empire
historical nation, Germany
Königsberg Cathedral, Kaliningrad, Russia.
Kaliningrad
city, Kaliningrad oblast, Russia
Polish Corridor
Polish Corridor
region, Europe

Key People

Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Albert
Albert
duke of Prussia
Mikhail Bogdanovich, Prince Barclay de Tolly
Russian military officer
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander
Prussian astronomer
Bauer, Gustav
Gustav Bauer
chancellor of Germany