Kaliningrad
English: Kaliningrad, formerly the prussian (german) city of Königsberg, is a city in Russia, an administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Deutsch: Kaliningrad, das frühere Königsberg in Preußen, ist eine russische Stadt in der Kaliningrader Oblast.
Plattdüütsch: Kaliningrad, dat fröhere Königsberg, is en russ'sche Stadt in de Oblast Kaliningrad.
Polski: Kaliningrad, po polsku Królewiec, stolica Obwodu kaliningradzkiego - eksklawy Rosji, graniczącej z Polską i Litwą.
Svenska: Kaliningrad före detta königsberg är en stad i Ryssland, det administrativa centrumet för Kaliningrad Oblast.
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Maps
- Kaliningrad (satellite view)
- Königsberg 1613 by Joachim Bering
Insignia
- Modern coat of arms
Architecture
Teutonic castle
- Teutonic castle of Königsberg, destroyed in World War II
- Castle courtyard
Churches and cathedrals
- Former Holy Family church
- Former Holy Family church, frontal view
Old cathedral
- Old Cathedral
- Main façade of the cathedral as in 2002
- Cathedral seen from Estakadnyy bridge
- Restoration of cathedral's roof
- Restoration of cathedral's roof
- Restoration of cathedral's roof
- View of the Kaliningrad cathedral from the rear.
New Cathedral
- New cathedral under construction
Fortification structures
- Old tower
- Gate of an old fortress
- This fortification structure was build in 1860-ties. Now a beer restaurant is situated in it.
City gates
- Old city gate, known as Kings' gate
- Another city gate, called "Zakhaimskiye" (originally: Sackheim)
- Zakhaimskiye gate, frontal view
- Brandenburg gate
- Friedländ gate
Various pre-WWII buildings
- Railway station "Kaliningrad-South"
- Former administration of East Prussian railways, now apartment building
- Building of former stock market
- This building was build in 1860s for the University Hospital of Königsberg. After World War II it is used to house one of city hospitals
Various post-WWII buildings
- New apartment buildings
- Combined railway/road lift doubledecker bridge
"House of the Soviets"
- 1982
- 2002
- 2009
Museums
- Museum of history and art
Museum of the World Ocean
- Museum ship "Vitiaz" ("Витязь")
- Some equipment inside old submarine B-413 (Б-413) that is now installed as an memorial ship in the center of Kaliningrad
Railroad museum
- Steam locomotive TE-4564
- Steam locomotive L-0282
- Steam locomotive L-0282
- Armoured railroad car
- Railroad car
- Old railroad car
- Old railroad car
- Old railroad car
- Old railroad crane
Monuments
- T-34 tank. It is installed as a World War II monument in Sommera street
Lenin statue
Public transportation
- Tatra T3 tram passes near "The house of the Soviets"
- Tatra T3 tram, 9 Aprelya street
- Tatra T3 tram, 9 Aprelya street
- More modern Tatra KT4SU tram, 9 Aprelya street
Zoo
- Historical photo:Elephant Jenney offers a joy ride for the children in Koenigsberg zoo. Photo made in 1911
Misc
- Detail of the bridge decoration
- Kvas being sold in the streets
- Traffic jam in tha main square
- Kruzenshtern sail ship from Kaliningrad
- Kruzenshtern again, photo taken in Hamburg
Abandonned railroad
- Near Museum of the World Ocean
- In residential area
- In residential area
- Near construction site
- Crossing with Moskovsky Prospekt street
- Crossing with tram track
World War II
- Pronunciation: in German
