Bagrationovsk (Russian: Багратионовск, German: Preußisch Eylau before 1946, Lithuanian: Yluva/Prūsų Ylava, Polish: Pruska Iława / Iławka) is a small town in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia, located some 37 km south of Kaliningrad, at 54°23′ N 20°38′ E. Its population as of 2004 is 7,000. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Map of the Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: Калининградская область), informally called Yantarny kray (Russian:Янтарный Край - meaning Amber region) is an administrative division (oblast) of Russia on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia: an enclave of the European Union. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, Latin: Regiomontium) is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Teutonic Order built a castle at the location of Bagrationovsk in 1325. The settlement known as Preußisch Eylau which developed nearby received its civic charter in 1585. The bloody Battle of Eylau from 7/February 8, 1807 was fought between the French troops of Napoléon Bonaparte and the Russian troops of General Bennigsen. Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... The Battle of Eylau, fought on February 7–8, 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive contest between the forces of Napoléon and a mostly Russian army under General Bennigsen. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Bonaparte as general Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... Levin August, count von Bennigsen (February 10, 1745 - December 3, 1826), Russian general, of Hanoverian family, was born in Brunswick, and served successively as a page at the Hanoverian court and as an officer of foot-guards. ...

The town was overrun by the Soviet Red Army during World War II and the German population fled during the evacuation of East Prussia. It became part of the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast and in 1946 was renamed Bagrationovsk, after General Pyotr Bagration, an officer in the Battle of Eylau. Soviet redirects here. ... A Red Army is a communist army. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... The Evacuation of East Prussia refers to the events that took place in East Prussia, especially the evacuation of German population from that area as well as from other Prussian lands in 1944 and 1945. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Prince Pyotr Bagration (Пётр Иванович Багратион) (1765 - September 12, 1812), a descendant of the Georgian Royal family of the Bagrations, served as a Russian general. ...

In 1968 the town had a population of 4,300. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...