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Sambia (; ; ) is a Peninsula in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia , on the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea . HISTORY Originally, the area was sparsely populated by a Baltic tribe from whom the names Samland and Sambia were derived. In 1243, as Samland, the area became with Pomesania , Warmia and Chełmno Land one of the four Diocese s of Prussia controlled by the Teutonic Knights and remained part of Prussia or East Prussia for the next 650 years. It was the last area in which the Old Prussian Language was spoken before becoming extinct at the beginning of the Eighteenth Century . TODAY Today the peninsula is known as Sambia and is mainly populated by Russians and Belarusians . It has two famous seaside resorts, Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk . GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY ". The highest point, 360 feet, is found twelve miles north of Drugehnen at the GaltgarbenPlace names given here are in German.. There also used to be a Samland railway station. Amber Amber has been found in the area for over a thousand years, especially on the coast near Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg). In 1900, amber was chiefly exported to the East for crafting into pipe mouthpieces and ornaments. Until 1918, the right to collect amber was restricted to the royal Prussian Hohenzollern family and visitors to Samland's beaches were forbidden to pick up any fragments they found. It is said that an ancient trade route known as the Amber Road led from the Old Prussian settlement of Truso (near Elbląg ) to the Black Sea and further east. FOOTNOTES |