Калининград

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Русский: Калининград - город в России, административный центр Калининградской области

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, ist eine russische Stadt in der Kaliningrader Oblast.

한국어: 칼리닌그라드는 러시아의 도시로, 칼리닌그라드 주의 주도이다.

Polski: Kaliningrad, po polsku Królewiec, stolica Obwodu kaliningradzkiego - eksklawy Rosji, graniczącej z Polską i Litwą.

Plattdüütsch: Kaliningrad, dat fröhere Königsberg, is en russ'sche Stadt in de Oblast Kaliningrad.

Svenska: Kaliningrad före detta königsberg är en stad i Ryssland, det administrativa centrumet för Kaliningrad Oblast

Українська: Калінінград - місто в Росії, адміністративний центр Калінінградської області

日本語: カリーニングラードはロシアのカリーニングラード州の中心となる都市である。

Pronunciation: Königsberg in German

See also: Maps of Kaliningrad Oblast

[edit] Maps

Kaliningrad (satellite view)
Königsberg 1613 by Joachim Bering

[edit] Insignia

Modern coat of arms

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Teutonic castle

Teutonic castle of Königsberg, destroyed in World War II
Castle courtyard
Castle courtyard

[edit] Churches and cathedrals

Former Holy Family church
Former Holy Family church, frontal view

[edit] 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.

[edit] New Cathedral

New Orthodox cathedral being build behinde statue of Lenin
New cathedral under construction
Construction continues on the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in June of 2006 in downtown Kaliningrad.

[edit] 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.

[edit] City gates

Old city gate, known as Kings' gate
Another city gate, called "Zakhaimskiye" (originally: Sackheim)
Zakhaimskiye gate, frontal view
Brandenburg gate
Friedländ gate

[edit] 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

[edit] Various post-WWII buildings

New apartment buildings
Combined railway/road lift doubledecker bridge
View of the Kaliningrad city hall from the Victory Square. The city hall is draped in a large banner celebrating the 61st anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War.

[edit] "House of the Soviets"

House of the Soviets, June 2006.

[edit] Museums

Museum of history and art

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Monuments

T-34 tank. It is installed as a World War II monument in Sommera street
Statue of Aleksands Marinesko, submarine capitan
Памятник воинам-интернационалистам в парке "Юность," Калининград.

[edit] Lenin statue

[edit] 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

[edit] Zoo

Historical photo:Elephant Jenney offers a joy ride for the children in Koenigsberg zoo. Photo made in 1911

[edit] Misc

View of apartment buildings from the site of a monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Kaliningrad.
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