Kaliningradoblast News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Kaliningrad, formerly German (1255–1946) Königsberg, Polish Królewiec, city, seaport, and administrative centre of Kaliningrad oblast (region), Russia. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Kaliningrad lies on the Pregolya River just upstream from Frisches Lagoon. Formerly the capital of the dukes of Prussia and later the capital of East Prussia, the city was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 under the Potsdam agreement. The old town of Königsberg (“King’s Mountain”) grew up around the fortress built in 1255 by the Teutonic Knights on the advice of Přemysl Otakar II, king ....

Kaliningradskaya Oblast , Schleswig Holstein , East Prussia , Poland General , East Germany , Russian Federation , Baltic Sea , Frederick William , Igor Dolgov Dreamstime , Friedrich Schiller , Immanuel Kant , Friedrich Bernhard Werner , Britannica Inc , University Of Kaliningrad , Red Army , Hanseatic League , Pregolya River , Soviet Union , Teutonic Knights , First Northern War , Elector Frederick , Napoleonic Wars , Collegium Albertinum , World War , United Statess ,