Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1939, obodo ahụ nwere ndị bi na ya dị 736. Nida ghọrọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ebe a na-ebighị, dị ka ihe niile nke Curonian Spit, n'ihi ọganihu nke Red Army na
Nwepụ nke East Prussia na njedebe nke Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, na nchụpụ nke ndị Germany lanarịrịnụ. E kenyere obodo ahụ na Lithuania n'okpuru mgbanwe ókèala e mere na Nzukọ Potsdam, wee bụrụ akụkụ nke Lithuanian SSR n'ime Soviet Union; kemgbe 1990 ọ bụ akụkụ nke Lithuania nweere onwe ya.