- a town in W Russia, in the Kaliningrad Region on the Neman River: scene of the signing of the treaty (1807) between Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I; passed from East Prussia to the Soviet Union in 1945Former name (until 1945): Tilsit
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So•vetsk
(sōv yetsk′; Russ. su vyetsk′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Kaliningrad on the Nemen River: formerly in East Prussia;
peace treaty (1807) between France, Prussia, and Russia. 40,000. Formerly (until 1945), Tilsit.
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Sovetsk /Russian: saˈvjɛtsk/ n
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