Kaliningrad

[kuh-lee-nin-grad, -grahd, kah-, kuh-lyi-nyin-graht]

noun

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

Kaliningrad

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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.

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“In a crisis, the defense of the Baltics will rely on the ability of the Polish armed forces, reinforced by the U.S., to tackle Kaliningrad and Belarus,” said Szatkowski, also a former Polish ambassador to NATO.

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For Europe, the latent threat to Nato countries comes primarily from Russia's missiles, some of which are stationed on the Baltic coast in Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad.

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Its unclear where the vessels are bound for, though all three have continued sailing through the Baltic and may be moving towards ports in mainland Russia or Kaliningrad - an exclave between Poland and Lithuania.

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In a recent speech, the head of the US Army in Europe, General Christopher Donahue, highlighted the need to defend Polish and Lithuanian territory near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

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