Prussian Soviet Socialist Republic

Prussian Soviet Socialist Republic Преуҫешe Coзиaлиcтишe Coвjeтpепублик Preußische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik Pruska Sowiecka Republika Socjalistyczna Прусская Советская Социалистическая Республика
1944–1991
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Arbeiter aller Länder: Vereinigt euch!(German), Workers of the world, unite!
Anthem: State Anthem of the Prussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Status	Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic (1944–1991)
Capital	Königsberg
Common languages	German Polish Russian
Government	Soviet Socialist Republic
First Secretary
• 1945-1967	Hildebrant Viermetz
• 1991	Wolfhard Kromer
Legislature	Supreme Soviet
Historical era	Cold War
• Soviet occupation	16 June 1944
• SSR established	21 July 1944
• Annexed by USSR	6 August 1945
• Prussian Sovereignty Declaration	16 March 1989
• Renamed to Republic of Prussia	8 May 1990
• Independence declared	20 August 1991
Today part of	Prussia

The Prussian Soviet Socialist Republic (German: Преуҫешe Coзиaлиcтишe Coвjeтpепублик Preußische Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik, Polish: Pruska Sowiecka Republika Socjalistyczna, Russian: Прусская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Prusskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), commonly call Prussia or Soviet Prussia or Soviet Germany was a republic of the Soviet Union. The PSSR was initially established on the territory of the former German province of East Prussia on 21 July 1940, backed by the Soviet Union, which declared East Prussia a Soviet constituency. The Prussian SSR was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union. It became a place where Stalin and later Soviet leaders would deport many Volga Germans to.

On 27 November 1989, the Prussian SSR became the first republic within the Soviet sphere of influence to declare state sovereignty from Moscow. On 27 March 1991, the Prussian SSR declared that Prussia had been occupied since 1944 and declared a transitional period for the country's full independence. The Prussian Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed as the Republic of Prussia on 8 May 1990. The independence of the Republic of Prussia was re-established on 20 August during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt the following year and the Soviet Union itself recognised the independence of Prussia on 6 September 1991

History

Background

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Occupation and annexation

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Red Army crimes

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Sovietisation

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Armed resistance

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Deportations

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Dissident movement

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Cultural life

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Collapse of Soviet rule

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Independence

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First secretaries of the Prussian Communist Party

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Economy

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