Kaliningrad

American  

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

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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Kaliningrad

As the Yantar pulled into its final stop in Kaliningrad, and the doors unsealed for the final time, he puffed up: "We fear nothing. We are brave."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

"It's for my mum, she lives in Kaliningrad," he told AFP.

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

Estonia and Latvia share land borders with Russia, while Lithuania is adjacent to the Russian enclave Kaliningrad, which also shares a border with Poland, and Moscow's close ally, Belarus.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 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