New East Prussia

Province of New East Prussia
Provinz Neuostpreußen (German)
Province of Kingdom of Prussia
1795–1807

New East Prussia in 1806
CapitalBiałystok[1]
Area 
• 1806
55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi)
Population 
• 1806
914,610
History 
24 October 1795
9 July 1807
Political subdivisionsBialystok
Plozk
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
Trakai Voivodeship
Duchy of Warsaw
Russian Empire

New East Prussia (German: Neuostpreußen; Polish: Prusy Nowowschodnie; Lithuanian: Naujieji Rytprūsiai) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and included parts of Masovia, Podlaskie, Trakai voivodeship and Žemaitija. In 1806 it had 914,610 inhabitants with a territory of less than 55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi), mainly Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Belarusians.

  1. ^ Finkel, Evgeny (2017-02-21). Ordinary Jews: Choice and Survival during the Holocaust. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400884926.

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