Kaliningrad
The region of Kaliningrad is a separate piece of the
Russian Federation, lying in the Baltic shore between Poland
and Lithuania. Before WW II, this was part of Eastern
Prussia, Germany. But after German frontiers were redrawn,
Eastern Prussia was divided between Poland and Russia.
Almost all germans living there were relocated, but in the
late 1980s, ethnic Germans from other parts of the USSR
arrived. Today, some 10,000 germans may live there, half of
them in Kaliningrad the capital. Before being German, this
people was inhabited by Baltic peoples, the Prussians, whose
language was extinct long ago, and Lithuanians. Today,
Lithuanians are still the 4% of the population of
Kaliningrad region (in all, 1 million people); and might be
considered an original minority of the area, so we list
names in Lithuanian as well.
- Check the notes on spellings below.
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Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad eskualdea Errusiako Federazioko parte da,
baina bereiz dago mapan, Polonia eta Lituania artean,
Baltikoko kostaldean. 2. Mundu Gerra baino lehen hau
Alemania zen, Ekialdeko Prusia, baina mugak aldatu ziren eta
Prusiako pusketa hau Poloniak eta Errusiak partitu zuten.
Bertako alemanak egotzi egin zituzteb. 1980etatik aurrera,
batzuk itzultzen hasi ziren Sobiet Batasuneko beste eskualde
batzuetatik, eta egun 10.000 inguru bizi dira bertan.
Bestetik, alemanena baino lehenago, herri baltiarren
bizilekua izan zen lur hau: jatorrizko prusiarrak bizi ziren
han (hizkuntza aspaldi hil zen) eta Lituaniarrak ere bai.
Gaur egun, lituaniarrak eskualdeko %4 dira, milioi bat
laguneko populazioan, eta jatorrizko gutxiengo gisa
trataturik, beren toki-izenak ere sartu ditugu gure taulan.
Idazkerari dagozkion oharrak ikus
behean.
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