The National Interest

Transforming German Königsberg into Soviet Kaliningrad

"What is peculiar about Kaliningrad is that it became part of the Soviet Union—part of the Russian Socialist Republic—but had never been in the Soviet Union before." In continuation of our [Kennan ...
JSTOR Daily

Konigsberg i. Pr. Dom [Cathedral (Kaliningrad, Russia, since 1946)]; verso: Verlag O. Ziegler, Konigsberg i. Pr. [divided back, no message]

Königsberg (until 1946 officially: Königsberg i. Pr.) was a city in the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights, the Duchy of Prussia, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany until 1946. After being ...
Publishers Weekly

German Blood, Slavic Soil: How Nazi Königsberg Became Soviet Kaliningrad

Boston College history professor Eaton debuts with a detailed study of “the only city to have been ruled by both Hitler and Stalin as their own domain.” Founded by Teutonic knights in the 13th century ...

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry announced NATO's plans to blockade Kaliningrad during the war with the Russian Federation

The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) has developed a scenario for a blockade of the Kaliningrad region in case of a direct ...
JSTOR Daily

Konigsberg i. Pr. Blick auf die Borse [View of the Exchange (Kaliningrad, Russia, since 1946)]; verso: Trinks & Co., Leipzig-St. No. 5. [divided back, no message]

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Is Kaliningrad more European than Russian?

Traveling to Kaliningrad, Russia, the Russian 'island' in the heart of Europe, surrounded by European Union (EU) countries. After flying to Gdansk, Poland, we crossed into Russia on a direct bus to ...
Reuters

Factbox: Key facts about Russia's Kaliningrad exclave

(Reuters) - Ten thousand people rallied in Russia's westernmost region of Kaliningrad last week in one of the largest opposition protests in Russia since Vladimir Putin became Russia's president a ...