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Modern-day Kaliningrad was renamed, rebuilt and repopulated by Russians starting in 1946 in the ruins of Königsberg, in which only Lithuanian inhabitants were allowed to remain. Meanwhile, the German population was ethnically cleansed, in effect creating a new city.
It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The oblast is surrounded by two European Union and NATO members: Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east. The largest city and administrative centre of the province (oblast) is the city of Kaliningrad, formerly known as Königsberg.
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.
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kaliningrad became an exclave, separated from mainland Russia by the territories of Lithuania and Poland. Today, Kaliningrad is an autonomous region of the Russian Federation. It holds strategic significance as Russia’s westernmost territory and provides access to the Baltic Sea.
History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the German city of Konigsberg. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Formerly the capital of East Prussia, Kaliningrad was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 under the Potsdam agreement.
The Kaliningrad Region is the most western Russian region. The Baltic Sea and its gulfs touch the region’s shores. Almost the entire region is lowlands (0–231 m above sea level) with the Baltic Ridge (up to 231 m) in the southeast. There are dunes on the Curonian and Vistula spits (up to 60 m).
Capital: Kaliningrad. Area: 15,100 sq km (5,800 sq miles) Main language: Russian. Ethnic groups: Russians (86%), Belarusians (4%), Ukrainians (4%) Main religion: Christianity
The Kaliningrad question [a] is a political question concerning the status of Kaliningrad Oblast as an exclave of Russia, [1] and its isolation from the rest of the Baltic region following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union.
I was trying to find an ethnic map of Kaliningrad on google, but I couldn't find any. Surely Kaliningrad couldn't just convert its German population to Russian.
Today, four of five Kaliningrad residents identify as ethnic Russians. Reenactors dressed as Teutonic Knights. Source: pxhere.com. The history of ownership of Kaliningrad can be traced back many centuries. A good starting point, however, is the Crusades and the Teutonic Order.