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。


System-search.svg See also: Maps of Kaliningrad Oblast

Contents

Maps [edit]

  • Kaliningrad (satellite view)

  • Königsberg 1613 by Joachim Bering

Insignia [edit]

  • Modern coat of arms

Architecture [edit]

Teutonic castle [edit]

  • Teutonic castle of Königsberg, destroyed in World War II

  • Castle courtyard

Churches and cathedrals [edit]

  • Former Holy Family church

  • Former Holy Family church, frontal view

Old cathedral [edit]

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  • Old Cathedral

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  • 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.

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  • Old cathedral of Kaliningrad in Russia.jpg

New Cathedral [edit]

  • 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.

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  • Zolotie kupola.jpg

Fortification structures [edit]

  • Old tower

  • Gate of an old fortress

  • This fortification structure was build in 1860-ties. Now a beer restaurant is situated in it.

City gates [edit]

  • Old city gate, known as Kings' gate

  • Another city gate, called "Zakhaimskiye" (originally: Sackheim)

  • Zakhaimskiye gate, frontal view

  • Brandenburg gate

  • Friedländ gate

Various pre-WWII buildings [edit]

  • Railway station "Kaliningrad-South"

  • Former administration of East Prussian railways, now apartment building

  • Building of former stock market

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  • 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

Various post-WWII buildings [edit]

  • 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.

"House of the Soviets" [edit]

  • House of the Soviets, June 2006.

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Museums [edit]

  • Museum of history and art

Museum of the World Ocean [edit]

  • 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

Railroad museum [edit]

  • 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

Monuments [edit]

  • 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.

Lenin statue [edit]

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Public transportation [edit]

  • 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

Zoo [edit]

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

Misc [edit]

  • 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

Abandonned railroad [edit]

  • Near Museum of the World Ocean

  • In residential area

  • In residential area

  • Near construction site

  • Crossing with Moskovsky Prospekt street

  • Crossing with tram track

World War II [edit]

  • German POWs captured during the Battle of Torn, April 1945

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    Soviet snipers following the Battle of Königsberg

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