Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast () is the westernmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of the Russian Federation. It is a Enclave and exclave, semi-exclave on the Baltic Sea within the Baltic region of Prussia (region), Prussia, surrounded by Pola ...
,
Russia
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, near the border with
Poland
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. It has a population of
History
The village was founded by
Polish people
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as ''Karpowo''.
Initially following
World War II
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, in 1945, the village passed to Poland as ''Karpówko'', however, it was eventually annexed by the
Soviet Union
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