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Polessk lies between Kaliningrad and Sovetsk at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River , shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon . The Polessk Canal begins in the town. The town contains a Castle built by the Teutonic Order , who gave it the German name Labiau. It became part of Ducal Prussia and on November 20 , 1656 was the location of the Treaty Of Labiau . While part of East Prussia within the Kingdom Of Prussia and the German Empire , Labiau was a district seat in the administrative region of Königsberg . In 1885, Labiau had 4,744 inhabitants, almost all of whom were Lutheran s. Labiau was overrun by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 during the World War II . In that year it was transferred from German to Russian control and renamed from Labiau to Polessk. |
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