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Modern-day Kaliningrad was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named Königsberg in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.
22 de abr. de 2024 · History of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, formerly the German city of Konigsberg. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian Federation. Formerly the capital of East Prussia, Kaliningrad was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 under the Potsdam agreement.
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17 de mai. de 2024 · Kaliningrad, oblast (region), extreme western Russia. Most of the oblast is in the basin of the Pregolya River and its tributaries. Centred on Kaliningrad city, it was formed in 1945 from the northern half of German East Prussia, which was ceded to the U.S.S.R. by the Potsdam agreement of that year.
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History. The territory of what is now the Kaliningrad Oblast used to be inhabited by the Old Prussians and other Western Balts, prior to the Teutonic conquest in the early Late Middle Ages.
14 de ago. de 2019 · Kaliningrad was a German city called Konigsberg before World War II, when it was ceded to the Soviet Union. Learn about its history, geography, economy and culture as a Russian enclave surrounded by EU countries.
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22 de ago. de 2023 · Kaliningrad is still of great strategic importance to Moscow. It houses the Russian Baltic Fleet at the port of Baltiysk and is the country's only ice-free European port.
Fundada em 1255 pelos Cavaleiros Teutónicos sob o nome de Königsberg ("montanha do rei", também dita Conisberga[ 9][ 10] em português), foi, de 1466 a 1656, parte da Polônia. Também foi a capital da Prússia Oriental e, a partir de 1871, fez parte do Império Alemão .
