Prussia was a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia 
       and the Margraviate of Brandenburg, and centered on the region of 
       Prussia. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, 
       successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually 
       well-organised and effective army. Prussia, with its capital in 
       Konigsberg and from 1701 moved to Berlin, shaped the history of 
       Germany. 
       In 1871, German states united in creating the German Empire 
       under Prussian leadership. In November 1918, the monarchies were 
       abolished and the nobility lost its political power during the 
       German Revolution of 1918/19, the Kingdom of Prussia was thus 
       abolished in favour of a republic the Free State of Prussia. 
       From 1933, Prussia lost its independence as a result of the Prussian 
       coup, when the Nazi regime was successfully establishing its 
       "Gleichschaltung" laws in pursuit of a unitary state. With the end 
       of the Nazi regime, the division of Germany into allied-occupation 
       zones and the separation of its territories east of the 
       Oder-Neisse line, which were incorporated into Poland and the 
       Soviet Union, the State of Prussia had ceased de facto to exist in 
       1945. 
       De jure Prussia existed until its formal liquidation by 
       the Allied Control Council Enactment No. 46 of 25 February 1947.
       (thanks to Wikipedia)
       
       
       
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