Kaliningrad, do 1946 Königsberg, Królewiec |
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Kaliningrad stands upon the navigable Pregolya river. At Kaliningrad it empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than seven feet of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Baltiysk, for long the port of Kaliningrad, where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Kaliningrad and Baltiysk was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enables vessels of a 21 foot draught to moor alongside the town |
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1. Dependency status: Russian exclave 2. Government type: federation (Russia) 3. Location: at the mouth of the Pregolya river, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon. Geographical coordinates 54°43' N 20°31 4. Border Countries: Poland; Latvia; Russia 5. Climate: Kaliningrad Oblast6. Terrain: lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil 7. Area: 16.705 km2 8. Capital: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers 9. Administrative divisions: none 10. Population: 434,700 of inhabitians (2004) 11. Languages: Russian, other 12. Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other 13. Currency: Russian ruble (RUR) |
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