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Kaliningrad

En NameKaliningrad
Ru NameКалининград
Image SkylineOld cathedral of Kaliningrad in Russia.jpg
Image CaptionOld Königsberg amid the modern Kaliningrad
Latd54
Latm43
Longd20
Longm31
Map Label Positiontop
Image CoaKgd gerb.png
Image FlagFlag of Kaliningrad.png
HolidayJuly 4; observed on the first Saturday of July
Federal SubjectKaliningrad Oblast
Adm Ctr OfKaliningrad Oblast
Inhabloc CatCity
Urban Okrug JurKaliningrad Urban Okrug
Leader TitleHead
Leader NameAlexander Yaroshuk
Representative BodyCity Council of Deputies
Area Km2215.7
Pop 2010census431491
Pop 2010census Rank40th
Pop 2002census430003
Pop 2002census Rank42nd
Established Date1255
Postal Codes236000
Dialing Codes4012
DateMay 2010

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Kaliningrad ( ; ; ; ) is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory, the northern part of the former East Prussia, borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia.

Originally named Königsberg in German, the town was founded in 1255 and was part of Prussia and then of Germany until 1945, but was largely destroyed during World War II. Its ruins were occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and its German population forced out. It was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 in honor of Mikhail Kalinin.

According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, its population was 431,491—an increase from 430,003 recorded in the 2002 Census. Its ethnic composition is 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, 7.3% Ukrainians, 1.9% Lithuanians, 0.6% Germans, and 0.5% Poles.

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Rossiya airline to pay RUB 300000 fine for unfair competition - ITAR-TASS Tweet this news
ITAR-TASS---KALININGRAD-, April 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Federal Court of Arbitration of the North-Western District has upheld the decision of the Federal Antimonopoly Service's (FAS) department for the -Kaliningrad- region to bring the Rossiya airline t - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:49:06 GMT+00:00
The New Chinese Missile Looks Very Familiar - Strategy Page Tweet this news
Strategy Page--Also that year, Russia threatened to send some to -Kaliningrad-, as a way to threaten the new NATO anti-missile system being built in Poland (to protect Europe from Iranian missiles). A year later, Russia decided to not send the missile to - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:43:21 GMT+00:00
Easter Festival: joy and mercy - The Voice of Russia Tweet this news
The Voice of Russia--Dozens, or even hundreds, of soloists travelled to nearly every part of Russia - from Murmansk to Krasnodar and from Blagoveshchensk to -Kaliningrad-. Sometimes we even give two concerts a day. I hope the team will also manage to get - Date : Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:49:32 GMT+00:00
Kaliningrad NPP safe against nuclear disaster - The Voice of Russia Tweet this news
The Voice of Russia--The Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant, which is being built in Russia's western enclave of -Kaliningrad-, is safe against a disaster similar to the disaster at Fukushima-1 NPP, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:30:15 GMT+00:00
Around Russia in 800 square meters - St.Petersburg Times.ru Tweet this news
St.Petersburg Times.ru--The world's biggest country has been reduced to 800 square meters in a unique new exhibition depicting the whole of the Russian Federation � from its most Western point of -Kaliningrad- to Kamchatka in the East � that opened i - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:01:42 GMT+00:00
Golden Tulip Hotel Project Presented in Kaliningrad - Property Xpress Newswire (subscription) Tweet this news
Property Xpress Newswire (subscription)--April 19, 2011, 10:33, (Property Xpress) - At its April 18 session, the -Kaliningrad- regional planning council discussed the possibility of building a Gol ... The rest of this article is for Property Xpress users, - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:43:45 GMT+00:00
Riga Airport served 940000 passengers in three months - Baltic Business News Tweet this news
Baltic Business News--This summer there wil be more flights to such destinations as Kiev, Berlin, Vilnius, -Kaliningrad-, Helsinki etc. Two new airlines will also begin operating at Riga this summer: Swedish airline Skyways will fly 13 times per week betw - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:15:23 GMT+00:00
Rostelecom plans subsea link to Kaliningrad - Telecompaper (subscription) Tweet this news
Telecompaper (subscription)--Russian national operator Rostelecom plans to develop an underwater link across the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to -Kaliningrad-. The investment required totals EUR 75 million, reports Novy -Kaliningrad-. A return on the i - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:31:47 GMT+00:00
Teenager Brings Home War-time Grenade - Russia-InfoCenter Tweet this news
Russia-InfoCenter--A 13-year-old boy living in -Kaliningrad- brought home a war-time grenade. His mother informed the police on that. The boy found the explosive hazard when walking in construction site in Moskovsky Avenue. The policemen confirmed the gue - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:11:22 GMT+00:00
Direct ferry line St. Petersburg-Stockholm opened - Russia-InfoCenter Tweet this news
Russia-InfoCenter--Ferry lines may connect Stockholm with Russian cities of -Kaliningrad- and Ust-luga as well. Direct line St. Petersburg-Stockholm is a part of cruise route St. Petersburg-Stockholm-Tallinn-St. Petersburg. The voyages will be carried on - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:38:16 GMT+00:00

City districts :
City district
Russian name Inhabitants
2010 Census (preliminary results)
class="unsortable"Notes
Moskovsky Московский 151,990 Named after the Russian capital, Moscow
Leningradsky Ленинградский 159,764 named after Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
Tsentralny Центральный 119,737 lit. central, as it lies to the northwest of the historical city center

City districts :
City district
Russian name Inhabitants
2002 Census
class="unsortable"Notes
Baltiysky Балтийский 68,664 named after the Baltic Sea
Oktyabrsky Октябрьский 43,252 named after the October Revolution

Twin towns/sister cities :

Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast

Bagrationovsk (Preußisch Eylau) * Baltiysk (Pillau) * Chernyakhovsk (Insterburg) * Guryevsk (Neuhausen) * Gusev (Gumbinnen) * Gvardeysk (Tapiau) * Krasnoznamensk (Lasdehnen) * Ladushkin (Ludwigsort) * Mamonovo (Heiligenbeil) * Neman (Ragnit) * Nesterov (Stallupönen) * Ozyorsk (Darkehmen) * Pionersky (Neukuhren) * Polessk (Labiau) * Pravdinsk (Friedland in Ostpreußen) * Slavsk (Heinrichswalde) * Sovetsk (Tilsit) * Svetlogorsk (Rauschen) * Svetly (Zimmerbude) * Zelenogradsk (Cranz)

Baltic Fleet of Russian navy

Commander of fleetVice Admiral V. N. Mardusin
DivisionsLeningrad Naval Base * Baltiysk Naval base * Separate Guards brigade of marines of the Baltic fleet * 127 separate sea engineering battalion * Strazh Balticy (newspaper)
Navy bases in Kaliningrad OblastFleet command: Kaliningrad * Marine base: Baltiysk * Air bases: Chernyakhovsk * Kaliningrad Chkalovsk * Donskoye * Khrabrovo
Navy base in Saint Petersburg and OblastSaint Petersburg * Kronstadt * Vysotsk
Former Naval BasesFinland: * Hanko * Porkkala * Suomenlinna * Estonia: Paldiski * Latvia: Liepāja



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