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The capital city of Kaliningrad oblast: Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad oblast (also spelled Kaliningradskaya; sometimes called Yantarny krai which means amber region) is a federal subject of Russia. Kaliningrad region is situated on the Baltic coast (North-Western Federal District). Capital city and administrative center of the region is Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad oblast population - 937,000 (2008); land area - 15,100 sq. km.
Kaliningrad oblast is the most western part of Russia. Kaliningrad oblast has no land connection to the rest of Russian territory. Kaliningrad oblast is an exclave of Russian Federation surrounded by Lithuania and Poland. Kaliningrad oblast of Russia possesses about 90% of the world’s amber deposits.
Kaliningrad city played an important role in European history as both a major city of Prussia state and the capital of German province of East Prussia. This province of Germany was partitioned between USSR and Poland after World War II. The province was renamed after Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin in 1946.
Kaliningrad oblast nature
Kaliningradskaya oblast scenery
Kaliningrad Russia oblast scenery
Kaliningrad oblast chapel
Kaliningrad region church
Kaliningrad Russia region cathedral
Kaliningrad oblast road
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