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Kaliningrad ( / kəˈlɪnɪnɡræd / kə-LIN-in-grad; Russian: Калининград, IPA: [kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat] ), until 1946 known as Königsberg ( German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] ⓘ; Russian: Кёнигсберг, romanized: Kyonigsberg, IPA: [ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk]; Polish: Królewiec ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave betw...
Apr 22, 2024 · Kaliningrad, city, seaport, and administrative centre of Kaliningrad oblast (region), Russia. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Kaliningrad lies on the Pregolya River just upstream from Frisches Lagoon.
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Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: Калининградская область, romanized: Kaliningradskaya oblastʹ) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation, in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea.
Jun 21, 2022 · Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war. CNN ...
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May 17, 2024 · Kaliningrad, oblast (region), extreme western Russia. Most of the oblast is in the basin of the Pregolya River and its tributaries. Centred on Kaliningrad city, it was formed in 1945 from the northern half of German East Prussia, which was ceded to the U.S.S.R. by the Potsdam agreement of that year.
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Aug 22, 2023 · Kaliningrad profile. 22 August 2023. The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched between Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east. It saw bitter fighting...
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- 1. a port on the Baltic coast of eastern Europe, capital of the Russian region of Kaliningrad; population 421,700 (est. 2008). It was known by its German name of Königsberg until 1946 when it was ceded to the former Soviet Union under the Potsdam Agreement and renamed in honor of Kalinin. Its port is ice-free all year round and is an important naval base for the Russian fleet.
- 2. a region of Russia, an enclave situated on the Baltic coast of eastern Europe; capital, Kaliningrad.
Aug 14, 2019 · By. Matt Rosenberg. Updated on August 14, 2019. Russia's smallest oblast (region) of Kaliningrad is an exclave located 200 miles away from the border of Russia proper. Kaliningrad was a spoil of World War II, allocated from Germany to the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference that divided Europe between the allied powers in 1945.
