Калининград

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

English: Kaliningrad 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

Pronunciation: Königsberg ^{file— play in browser} 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

[edit] Churches and cathedrals

Former Holy Family church

Former Holy Family church, frontal view

[edit] Old cathedral


	Cathedral interior as in 1947	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 beer restaurand 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

[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

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

Historical photo:Hippopotamus Hans (or Gans, like Russians called it) was one of only four animals from Koenigsberg zoo who sirvived WW2. This photo was taken shortly after the war

[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

[edit] Abandonned railroad

Near Museum of the World Ocean	In residential area	In residential area	Near construction site
Crossing with Moskovsky Prospekt street	Crossing with tram track