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Yakovlevka, Kaliningrad Oblast

Coordinates: 54°22′8″N 22°39′36″E / 54.36889°N 22.66000°E / 54.36889; 22.66000
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Yakovlevka
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Yakovlevka is located in Kaliningrad Oblast
Yakovlevka
Yakovlevka
Location of Yakovlevka
Yakovlevka is located in European Russia
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Yakovlevka
Yakovlevka (European Russia)
Yakovlevka is located in Russia
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Yakovlevka (Russia)
Coordinates: 54°22′8″N 22°39′36″E / 54.36889°N 22.66000°E / 54.36889; 22.66000
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Yakovlevka (Russian: Яковлевка, Polish: Pełkowo)[1][2] is an abandoned village in Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, on the border with Poland. It is located in the region of Masuria.[1]

Initially following World War II, in 1945, the village passed to Poland under its historic Polish name Pełkowo,[1][2] however, it was eventually annexed by the Soviet Union and renamed to Yakovlevka.

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  1. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1886. p. 941.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b Rozporządzenie Ministrów Administracji Publicznej i Ziem Odzyskanych z dnia 1 października 1948 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu urzędowych nazw miejscowości., M.P., 1948, vol. 78, No. 692