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Kaliningrad (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Pregolya River; formerly a major German naval base in East Prussia; residence of Teutonic Knights 15th cen. & later seat of dukes of Prussia; site of coronation of Frederick I 1701 & William I 1861; industries include engineering & papermaking. |
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| Kaliningrad (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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| Królewiec (C,V)
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| Kënisberg (C,U)
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| Körigsberg (C,U)
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| Калининград (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Königsberg (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Teutonic Knights in 1286 |
| city (C) |
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granted to USSR from Germany as part of Potsdam agreement of 1945 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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