Across river Neman, Sovetsk Russia

Teatralnaya St., Sovetsk Russia

Ulitsa Pobedy, 34, Sovetsk 238750 Russia

Museum of the history of the town of Sovetsk was founded on 6 April 1987 as a branch of the Kaliningrad regional history and Art Museum. On 22 August 1992 it welcomed its first visitors and from 1 March 1999 became a municipal institution of culture. The Museum Exposition reflects the highlights of the centuries-old history of the town: The foundation by the Knights of the Teutonic Order; The presentation of official city rights in 1552 by the First Duke of Prussia Albrecht of Brandenburg; The conclusion of Tilsit Peace Treaty in 1807 by the emperors of Russia and France - Napoleon I, Alexander I and the King of Prussia Frederick William III; The events of the First and Second World Wars. Part of the exposition is devoted to the famous People of Tilsit: poet-the-romance Max von Schenkendorf; writer and poet Johannes Bobrowski; Lithuanian philosopher and public figure Vilhelmas Storosta-Vydūnas; a playwright and writer of "Trip to Tilsit"- Hermann Sudermann. Post war fate of the city, which was renamed Sovetsk is reflected in the exhibition "Sovetsk. The start of Biography».

Teatral'naya Ulitsa, 5, Sovetsk 40161 Russia

Pobedy St., 1, Sovetsk 238750 Russia

Gagarina St., 6, Sovetsk 238750 Russia