After the [[Second World War]], the Germans were deported to the West and East Prussia was divided between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Poland]]. Memel - renamed [[Klaipeda]] - became part of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania; northern East Prussia, with Konigsberg (renamed [[Kaliningrad]]), became part of the Russian republic (known as ''Kaliningrad Oblast''), and the southern part was ceded to [[Poland]]. | After the [[Second World War]], the Germans were deported to the West and East Prussia was divided between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Poland]]. Memel - renamed [[Klaipeda]] - became part of the Soviet Republic of Lithuania; northern East Prussia, with Konigsberg (renamed [[Kaliningrad]]), became part of the Russian republic (known as ''Kaliningrad Oblast''), and the southern part was ceded to [[Poland]]. |