Why was area around Konigsberg (today's Kaliningrad oblast) taken by USSR and not given to Poland like the rest of Prussia?

by jasie3k
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Not trying to discourage discussion, but this has been asked a few times and this one in particular has a good response by /u/kieslowskifan:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/42iwb6/why_does_kaliningrad_belong_to_russia/