Zelenogradsk
Zelenogradsk ( ; ; ; Lithuanian and Old Prussian: Krantas) is a town and the administrative center of Zelenogradsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of Kaliningrad, on the Sambian coastline near the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea. Population:
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- Zelenogradsk
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- Зеленоградск
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- View of Zelenogradsk
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- Kaliningrad Oblast
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- Zelenogradsky District
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- Zelenogradsk
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- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Tourism
- Notable people
- Twin towns and sister cities
- References
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Zelenogradsk ( ; ; ; Lithuanian and Old Prussian: Krantas) is a town and the administrative center of Zelenogradsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of Kaliningrad, on the Sambian coastline near the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea. Population:
In its heyday, Zelenogradsk (as Cranz) was a popular seaside resort on Germany's eastern Baltic coast, comparable to Bognor Regis in England. However, at the end of World War II, the Soviets took over the town, and much of its tourist traffic has been diverted to nearby Svetlogorsk.