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The Potsdam Agreement of 1945 placed it under Soviet administration. The city was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 in honor of Russian Bolshevik leader Mikhail ...

Kaliningrad

City in Russia
Kaliningrad is the capital of the Russian province of the same name, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania along the Baltic Coast. Dubbed Königsberg during centuries of Prussian rule, the city was largely reconstructed after WWII. Traces of its...
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Jun 23, 2022 · Kaliningrad used to be called Königsberg, who was a very important German city, and it was given back it was given to the Soviet Union at the ...
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May 10, 2023 · Poland is reverting to using its historical name for Kaliningrad, the Russian city and administrative region that sits on its border.
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Königsberg was a port city on the south eastern corner of the Baltic Sea. It is today known as Kaliningrad and is part of Russia. Coordinates, 54°42′41.3 ...
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Apr 22, 2024 · Kaliningrad lies on the Pregolya River just upstream from Frisches Lagoon. Formerly the capital of the dukes of Prussia and later the capital of ...
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8 days ago · Kaliningrad, oblast (region), extreme western Russia. Most of the oblast is in the basin of the Pregolya River and its tributaries.