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Kaliningradskaya Oblast’ (oblast) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises most of Pregolya river basin; most of the original German inhabitants have emigrated; economy is based on engineering, metalworking, fishing and trade in agricultural produce. |
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| Kaliningradskaya Oblast’ (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated))
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| Kaliningrad Oblast (C,V,English-P)
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| Kaliningrad (C,V,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Kaliningrad (Swedish)
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| Kaliningrad (Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Kaliningrad (German)
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| Kaliningrad (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Kaliningrad oblast (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Калининградская Область (C,V,Russian-P)
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| RS23 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Kaliningradin alue (C,U,Finnish)
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| Kaliningrado sritis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Kaliningradskaja oblast (C,U,Norwegian)
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| Karaliaučiaus sritis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Oblast de Kaliningrad (C,U,French)
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| Калининградская область (C,U,Russian)
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| oblast (preferred, C) |
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formed in 1945 from north half of German East Prussia, which was ceded to Soviet Union in Potsdam conference |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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