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      • The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched between Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east.
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  2. Oct 23, 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 (region), extreme western Russia. Most...

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    www.klgd.ru. Kaliningrad, [a] known as Königsberg [b] until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia.

  4. Aug 22, 2023 · The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched between Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east.

  5. Sep 29, 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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  6. Aug 24, 2024 · Kaliningrad is the headquarters of Russias Baltic Fleet. For centuries, Königsberg was the most fortified garrison city in Prussia because of its commanding position on the Baltic Coast. This value is still as true today as it has ever been. Russian presidential flag.

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  7. May 10, 2023 · Kaliningrad is home to one of Russia's only ice-free European ports - the other is on its Arctic coast. The Kremlin has reacted furiously after a Polish government body advised using a different...

  8. Apr 6, 2023 · Bordering Poland, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad region has no land links to the rest of the Russian Federation. And prior to World War II, it wasn’t part of Russia at all. The territory changed hands as a result of the Allied victory, passing from Adolf Hitler’s defeated Germany to Joseph Stalin’s USSR.

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