Kaliningrad

American  

[kuh-lee-nin-grad, -grahd, kah-, kuh-lyi-nyin-graht] / kəˈli nɪnˌgræd, -ˌgrɑd, kɑ-, kə lyɪ nyɪnˈgrɑt /

noun

1. a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.

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Kaliningrad British  

/ kəlininˈɡrat /

noun

1. Former name (until 1946): Königsberg.  a port in W Russia, on the Pregolya River: severely damaged in World War II as the chief German naval base on the Baltic; ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 and is now Russia's chief Baltic naval base. Pop: 436 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Running west is the transit road between Belarus and Kaliningrad that Lithuania must, under a treaty, maintain open to Russian traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Passenger trains running between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad through Lithuania will not be affected by the decision, the government said.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Poland shares not only a border with the Russian exclave Kaliningrad, but also Belarus, a close Moscow ally now enmeshed in Russia’s defense infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The draft Russian defence ministry decree suggested moving the sea borders around Russian islands in the Gulf of Finland and around the exclave of Kaliningrad.

From BBC • May 22, 2024

The FSB ordered Kaliningrad customs to prohibit bulk exports of Stolichnaya.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel