Frontier guards base (Bagrationovsk)

Russia / Kaliningrad / Preussisch Eylau / Bagrationovsk
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Formerly base of Unit nr. 9785 of the KGB (USSR).

After 1933 large barracks were built by the Wehrmacht and in 1935 Infantry and Artillery units were stationed here.

In 1945 the Soviet Red Army occupied the town on February 9, 1945 throughout the East Prussian Offensive by troops of the 55. Guard — Division "Irkutsk -Pinsk" commanded by Generalmajor Turtczinski. The German population that had not already fled during the evacuation of East Prussia was subsequently expelled, the last transport left on November 23, 1947. Soviet NKVD established a Prison camp for German civilians inside the former Wehrmacht barracks in 1945 - 49, with an estimated number of prisoners of 13,000 and 6,000 people dying.
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Coordinates:   54°22'44"N   20°37'26"E

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  • Быв. в/ч 9785 ПВ КГБ СССР
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