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Half of the population of the oblast lives in Kaliningrad City proper. The port city of Baltiysk is Russia's only port on the Baltic Sea that remains ice-free in winter. Kaliningrad Oblast had a population of roughly 1 million in the Russian Census of 2021. [13] The area of Kaliningrad oblast is 15,125 square kilometers (5,840 square miles).
This is a list of inhabited localities in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, with their former names in German, Polish, and Lithuanian. After the former German regions of East Prussia were annexed to the Soviet Union as an exclave of the Russian SFSR , nearly all toponyms were given new Russian names.
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Website. www.klgd.ru. Kaliningrad, [ a ] known as Königsberg [ b ] until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia.
Bagrationovsk (Russian: Багратио́новск; ‹See Tfd› German: Preußisch Eylau, lit. ' Prussian Eylau '; [8] Polish: Pruska Iława or Iławka; Lithuanian: Ylava or Prūsų Ylava) is a town and the administrative center of Bagrationovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located close to the border with Poland, 37 kilometers (23 mi) south of Kaliningrad, the administrative ...
By 1900 it had electric tramways and 34,500 inhabitants; a direct railway line linked it to Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and Labiau and steamers docked there daily. According to the Prussian census of 1905, the city of Tilsit had a population of 37,148, of which 96% were Germans and 4% were Lithuanians. [15]
The city was an important entrepôt for Scottish herring. in 1904 the export peaked at more than 322 thousand barrels. [66] By 1900 the city's population had grown to 188,000, with a 9,000-strong military garrison. [12] By 1914 Königsberg had a population of 246,000; [67] Jews flourished in the culturally pluralistic city. [68]
Cities and towns in Kaliningrad Oblast (2 C, 22 P) F. Former populated places in Kaliningrad Oblast (5 P) P. Populated places in Guryevsky District, Kaliningrad ...