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[–] 40 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I learned about this bit of territory like last year

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  • [–] 47 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    This little territory has lost like half a million people due to them invading Ukraine. Somehow.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Can you cite that? According to the official statistics the population of the whole region is around 1 032 000 people now and has been around 1 029 000 in 2021, the stats are mirrored in wiki, russian only:

    https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8

    The official source is rosstat.gov.ru but my browser says that there is a potential security risk.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I know you've already received a woosh but the explanation is this: the post makes the joke that Kaliningrad is all that Russia is and in that context, Kaliningrad having managed to lose half a million citizens in a war with their neighbour that they don't even border is comical.

    Of course, that is not the reality. Kaliningrad is a small exclave of Russia.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I understand the meme and honestly thought you were serious in your comment to the point where I was hoping it to be true and went to look if that was the case.

    Also what's wooshing?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Somehow, Immanuel Kant managed to spend his entire life there (and he lived to a ripe old age of 80 years), and still became one of the most influential philosophers in modern history.

    However, it was still part of Germany back then.

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