Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1939 garin yana da mazauna 736. Nida ya zama kusan ba shi da mazauna, kamar duk Kuronian Spit, sakamakon ci gaban Red Army da kuma kwashewa daga Gabashin Prussia
a karshen yakin duniya na biyu, da kuma fitar da 'yan gudun hijirar Jamus da suka tsira. An sake sanya garin zuwa Lithuania a karkashin canje-canjen kan iyaka da aka ayyana a taron Potsdam, kuma ya zama wani ɓangare na Lithuanian SSR a cikin Tarayyar Soviet; tun daga 1990 ya kasance wani ɓangare na Lithuania mai zaman kanta.