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Also known as Königsberg, Twangste, Tuwangste, Tuwangeste, Twankste, Twongst, Twoyngst

città della Russia

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Kaliningrad is Russia's only ice-free port on the Baltic Sea, located in an isolated Russian territory wedged between Lithuania and Poland rather than connected to the rest of Russia. The city matters strategically because it provides Russia year-round access to Baltic shipping and is a major regional center, making it one of the largest cities on the Baltic Sea with nearly 490,000 residents.

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Kaliningrad
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Калининград
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Europe#Russia
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Kaliningrad in Europe##Location of Kaliningrad in Russia
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_relief
yes
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
Flag of Kaliningrad.svg
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
Coat of arms of Kaliningrad.svg
Russian inhabited locality.coa_caption
Coat of arms
Russian inhabited locality.holiday
4 July; observed on the first Saturday of July
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
Kaliningrad Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_inhabloc_jur
city of oblast significance of Kaliningrad
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
Kaliningrad Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
city of oblast significance of Kaliningrad
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
City
Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
Kaliningrad Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
Kaliningrad Urban Okrug
Russian inhabited locality.leader_title
Head
Russian inhabited locality.representative_body
City Council of Deputies

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Karaliaučius
Country
Russia
Population
360577
Area
224.7
Elevation
5
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Pregolya
Official website
www.klgd.ru
Image
Old cathedral of Kaliningrad in Russia.jpg
Dialing code
4812
Licence plate code
39
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twinned administrative body
Catania
postal code
236000
Commons category
Kaliningrad
topic's main category
Category:Kaliningrad
Commons gallery
Калининград
inception
1255-00-00
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kaliningrad
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Kaliningrad
category of associated people
Category:People from Kaliningrad
maximum temperature record
36.5
permanent duplicated item
Königsberg
native label
Кёнигсберг
category for people buried here
Category:Burials in Kaliningrad
replaces
Königsberg
different from
Kaliningrad Oblast
nickname
Ворота в Россию
IPA transcription
kəˈlɪnɪnɡɹæd
P12749
Svratka
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Article · Italiano

Kaliningrad (in russo Калининград; AFI: [kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈgrat]; già Königsberg fino al 4 luglio 1946; in Yiddish: קעניגסבערג, Kenigsberg; tr. russa: Кёнигсберг, Kjonigsberg; in antico prussiano: Twangste, Kunnegsgarbs, Knigsberg; Conisberga in italiano antico, desueto; in latino: Regiomontum) è una città della Russia di 489 359 abitanti, capoluogo e centro principale dell'oblast' omonima, exclave russa tra Polonia e Lituania con accesso al mar Baltico, di cui è uno dei maggiori porti. La città è situata nella storica provincia della Prussia Orientale, regione che fu per secoli di cultura tedesca. La città è anche nota per aver dato i natali al filosofo Immanuel Kant.

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