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The flag of the exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast is a rectangle with a ratio of 2:3 divided into three horizontal stripes. The upper stripe is red, a thin (1/3 of the upper strip) yellow stripe in the middle and a dark blue stripe of the same size as the red bar. In the canton is a silver-and-black stylized medieval castle with open gates and the ...
Kaliningrad City Hall in the Victory Square Flags of Russia (center), Kaliningrad Oblast (left), and Kaliningrad (right), over the City Hall. Local self-government in the city is carried out on the basis of the Charter, which was adopted by the City Council of Deputies of Kaliningrad on July 12, 2007.
- 223.03 km² (86.11 sq mi)
- 1 September 1255
- 5 m (16 ft)
- Russia
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The territory of what is now the Kaliningrad Oblast used to be inhabited by the Old Prussians and other Western Balts, prior to the Teutonic conquest in the early Late Middle Ages. The Old Prussians became extinct due to Germanisation in the first half of the 18th century. The Lithuanian-inhabited areas of the Teutonic State were known as Lithuania...
Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Seaport that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in the maintenance of the country's Baltic Fleet. The oblast is mainly flat, as the highest point is the 230 m (750 ft) Gora Dozor hill near the tripoint of the Poland–Russia border/Lithuania–Russia border. As a semi-exclave of Russia, it is s...
Anton Alikhanovhas been governor of Kaliningrad Oblast since 2017. The most recent elections to the region's legislative body, the 40-seat Kaliningrad Oblast Duma, were held in September 2021.
Population
As of the 2021 census, the population of the oblast was 1,027,678. Earlier censuses recorded a population of 955,281 in 2002 and 871,283 in 1989.
Ethnic groups
According to the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the oblast was as follows: 1. 809,546 Russians(78.6%) 2. 12,515 Ukrainians(1.2%) 3. 11,360 Belarusians(1.1%) 4. 8,379 Armenians(0.8%) 5. 4,279 Lithuanians(0.4%) 6. 4,118 Germans(0.4%) 7. 3,250 Tatars(0.3%) 8. 2,581 Uzbeks(0.3%) 9. 2,555 Azeris(0.2%) 10. 1,402 Poles(0.1%) 11. 1,015 Tajiks(0.1%) 12. 25,706 others (2.5%) 13. 143,260 people (or 13.9% of the population) did not state their ethnicity Total fertility rate Vital statistics for 2...
Religion
According to a 2012 survey, 34% of the population of Kaliningrad Oblast declared themselves to be "spiritual but not religious", 30.9% adhered to the Russian Orthodox Church, 22% were atheist and 11.1% followed other religions or did not answer the question, 1% were unaffiliated generic Christians, and 1% were Catholic. Until 1945, the region was overwhelmingly Lutheran, with a small number of Catholics and Jews. The state church of Prussia was dominant in the region. Although it had been bot...
In 2021, the gross regional productof Kaliningrad Oblast was ₽675 billion or US$7 billion and US$7,000 per capita. The existence of the oblast's ice-free port and proximity to the European Union are economic advantages. It also has the world's largest deposits of amber. The region has developed its tourism infrastructure and promotes attractions su...
The grain blight Fusarium graminearum in the oblast is genetically 3ADON, like the blight's strain in Finland and Saint Petersburg. The researchers who discovered the genetic commonality speculate the cause may be a shared population that is distinct from other F.graminearumpopulations elsewhere.
A. Liucija Arbusauskaité "The Soviet Policy Towards the 'Kaliningrad Germans' 1945–1951" chapter in Themenheft: Eingliederung und Ausgrenzung. Beiträge aus der Historischen Migrationsforschung. Hrs...Master's thesis by Sergey Naumkin on the possibility of Kaliningrad integrating with the EU as a special economic zoneApr 11, 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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Jul 24, 2021 · But the governor of the Region of Kaliningrad Mr. George Boos has suggested, that projects of the coat of arms and a flag have passed discussion. Probably, the coat of arms and a flag will be authorized only to the 60-anniversary of the Region of Kaliningrad in 2006. Mikhail Revnivtsev, quoted by Santiago Dotor, 16 Nov 2005. Uqnalëv’s proposal
Apr 22, 2024 · Kaliningrad, Russia. The old town of Königsberg (“King’s Mountain”) grew up around the fortress built in 1255 by the Teutonic Knights on the advice of Přemysl Otakar II, king of Bohemia, after whom the place was named. Its first site was near the fishing town of Steindamm, but, after its destruction by the Prussians in 1263, it was ...
Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, the third-largest city in the Baltic region and the seventh-largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is the westernmost Oblast of Russia. It is surrounded by NATO and European Union members Poland and Lithuania and is geographically separated from the ...
