City Photos News Russia/Kaliningrad

An old house in the kremlin

Thu, 8 May 2008 09:54:44 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.1033227&lon=38.7543046&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomna_Kremlin Kolomna Kremlin is a very large fortress in Kolomna, Russia. The stone Kolomna Kremlin was built from 1525-1531 under the Russian Tzar Vasily III. Before its reconstruction in 1531, the Kolomna Kremlin was made of wood. On its territory there are many Russian churches and monasteries: Uspensky cathedral, Voskresenky Cathedral, Spassky monastery (14th century), and a number of others. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.1036879&lon=38.7568045&z=15&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kolomna is an ancient city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers. The city was founded (or rathert first mentioned in chronicles) in 1177. It is currently the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast. Population: 150,129 (2002 Census); 161,881 (1989 Census). Like some other ancient Russian towns, Kolomna has a kremlin, which is a citadel similar to the more famous one in Moscow (it is also built from red brick). Kolomna citadel was a part of the Great Abatis Border. Several towers and two parts of walls have been preserved and are held in good shape; a museum is located inside. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolomna.
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Half-ruined German Fort

Tue, 6 May 2008 09:03:37 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

In the Port

Tue, 6 May 2008 09:03:31 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.691793&lon=20.4336262&z=14&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Sculpture in the park on Kneiphof island (Peter the Great)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:27:30 +0000

Sculpture in the Park on Kneiphof f Island

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:27:26 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.706533&lon=20.509983&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneiphof http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Abandoned Building

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:36 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.70207&lon=20.51788&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2 Due to ground depression, the building got serious cracks and had to be abandoned; it is condemned now of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Broken Berlin bridge

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:25 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.69338&lon=20.599065&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 The bridge was bombed during WW2 and remains broken ever since. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

World Ocean Museum: B-413 submarine and Monument to Seamen

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:25:46 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.706406&lon=20.505327&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.70609&lon=20.502838&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 Submarine B-413 of a Project 641 (NATO reporting name: Foxtrot class). It is a part of the Museum of the World Ocean http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0 (Rus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

World Ocean Museum: Museum ship "Kosmonavt Victor Patsayev"

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:22:40 +0000

Space communications ship, converted in 1978 from wood-carrier merchant ship "Semyon Kosinov" (build in 1968). Part of the Museum of the World Ocean since 2001. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.706344&lon=20.497715&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0 (Rus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

World Ocean Museum: "Vityaz" (Knight) science ship

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:16:59 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.706177&lon=20.499941&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2 Museum ship Vityaz was build in Germany 1939 as refrigerator ship "Mars". After the war it became first British "Empire Forth" (for a short time) and then Soviet "Ekvator". In 1949 it was converted into science ship "Vityaz". It served until 1979. Now it is museum. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8C_%28%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%29 (Rus) http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0 (Rus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

World Ocean Museum: B-413 submarine

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:16:56 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.70609&lon=20.502838&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 Submarine B-413 of a Project 641 (NATO reporting name: Foxtrot class). It is a part of the Museum of the World Ocean http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0 (Rus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Seafarers' Culture House

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:10:41 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.705135&lon=20.507526&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 Seafarers' Culture House is the former Bourse (exchange) of Konigsberg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Railway drawbridge over Pregola river

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:10:26 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.705768&lon=20.489759&z=16&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Honey Bridge

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:17:03 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.705761&lon=20.513985&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 The Honey Bridge - originally a draw bridge - was never llifted since WW2. Now it is popular with newly wed pairs and lovers who attach padlocks to handrails, pledging mutual loyality. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneiphof Kneiphof (Polish: Knipawa) was one of three towns in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights that became the city of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad). Kneiphof was originally Knypabe (Kneip-ape), meaning 'area flushed by water' (surrounded by a stream or river [ape]) in Old Prussian. Now also known as Kant Island (after philosopher Immanuel Kant - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant - whos grave is at the wall of the Konigsberg Cathedral). Cathedral: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg_Cathedral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

House of the Soviets

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:36:28 +0000

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_%28%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%29 House of the Soviets, in a place of a destroyed Konigsberg Castle, originally built by Teutonic Knights. Heavily damaged by bombing and fighting in World War 2, ruins destroyed under Brezhnev's orders in 1968. http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.709945&lon=20.512998&z=17&l=1&m=h&v=2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710045&lon=20.499973&z=13&l=1&m=h&v=2 Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Region, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The territory borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia. What remained of the largely destroyed Prussian and German town of Konigsberg, which had been founded in 1256, was occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. In the meantime, the name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition consists of 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, and 7.3% Ukrainians. Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the navigable Pregolya River, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Sea vessels can access Gdansk Bay and the Baltic Sea by way of the Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk. Until circa 1900 ships drawing more than 2 meters of water could not pass the bar and come into town, so that larger vessels had to anchor at Pillau (now Baltiysk), where merchandise was moved onto smaller vessels. In 1901 a ship canal between Konigsberg and Pillau was completed at a cost of 13 million marks, which enabled vessels of a 6.5 meters draught to moor alongside the town. (See also Ports of the Baltic Sea.) Khrabrovo Airport is located 24 kilometers north of Kaliningrad, and has a few scheduled/charter services to several destinations throughout Europe. There is the smaller Kaliningrad Devau Airport for general aviation. Kaliningrad is also home to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base..
Kaliningrad, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.