Kaliningrad: Baltic Hong Kong No Longer
WebOver the 26 years of post-Soviet development, Kaliningrad Oblast has worked as a litmus test of Russian relations with the West. For the oblast, the new anti-Western trend means greater isolation and further military build-up on its territory.
All About Russia's Exclave of Kaliningrad - ThoughtCo
WebAug 14, 2019 · After the fall of the USSR, neighboring Lithuania and former Soviet republics gained their independence, cutting Kaliningrad off from Russia. Kaliningrad was supposed to develop in the post-Soviet era into a " Hong Kong of the Baltic" but corruption keeps most investment away.
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Russian Enclave Seen as a Fault Line of East-West Tensions
WebApr 17, 2016 · In the immediate post-Soviet era, Moscow tried to reinvent Kaliningrad, which is more than 200 miles from mainland Russia, as its own duty-free Hong Kong. Factories producing cars,...
Kaliningrad: Baltic Hong Kong No Longer - Academia.edu
WebThe post-1991 oblast had all of the elements necessary for a success story: proximity to Europe, a Kaliningrad Oblast—the westernmost Russian region physically separated from the Russian mainland—is a unique case study in post-Soviet transformation.
Kaliningrad: An imperial gem and a thorn in everyone’s side
WebApr 6, 2023 · The city would go on to become a Soviet military outpost with access to the Baltic Sea, a strategic point of control in Europe. Thus, as Eaton writes in her book German Blood, Slavic Soil , “Königsberg / Kaliningrad” became “the only city ruled by both Hitler and Stalin as their domain.
Kaliningrad in the “Mirror World”: From Soviet “Bastion
WebInspired by the rapid integration of its former communist neighbours (Poland and the Baltic states) into the regional architecture, Matochkin and his team dreamed of turning Kaliningrad into the “Baltic Hong Kong” – a place where two distinct yet in many ways close civilisations would meet, merge and complete each other, leading to prosperity fo...
Kaliningrad Is Again a Flash Point in East-West Relations - The …
WebJun 22, 2022 · In the immediate post-Soviet era, Moscow tried to reinvent Kaliningrad as its own duty-free Hong Kong. The region sprouted with factories producing cars, electronics and furniture. After...
A Story of One Unsuccessful 'Island': Kaliningrad 1991-2010
WebJan 10, 2016 · Abstract. Having become a part of the Soviet Union as a de-facto “war prize” of victorious Second World War, Kaliningrad Oblast still remains the western most point of the Russian Federation that does not have direct connection with motherland.
Kaliningrad Oblast and Challenges to the Baltic Sea Region
WebDec 5, 2017 · The case of Kaliningrad Oblast – the westernmost region of the Russian Federation physically detached from the mainland – should be seen as one of the most disappointing examples of post-Soviet transformation.
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