Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ??????????????? ???????), informally called Yantarny kray (Russian:???????? ???? - meaning Amber region) is an administrative division (oblast) of Russia on the Baltic coast, with no land connection to the rest of Russia: an enclave of the European Union. It is the westernmost parcel of land belonging to Russia, separated from the rest of Russia by Lithuania and Belarus. Its largest city is Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg), which has historical significance as both a major city of Prussia and the capital of the former German province East Prussia, of which the region remains the core remnant.

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Russian - Administrative division - Oblast - Russia - Baltic - Coast - Enclave - European Union - Lithuania - Belarus - City - Kaliningrad - Prussia - Capital - East Prussia

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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the oblast has been an exclave, being surrounded by other countries: Poland to the south and Lithuania to the east. Since 2004 this isolation is exacerbated by the fact that, unlike Russia, these two countries are members of the European Union and NATO.

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Collapse of the Soviet Union - 1991 - Poland - Lithuania - 2004 - European Union - NATO

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• Population: 968,200 (2004)
 
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