Kaliningrad region is also called the ‘Amber Land’, because it is extremely rich in this gemstone. Outside the city is the ‘Curonian Spit’ nature reserve - a thin curved 98 km long sand ...

The region’s administrative center was renamed to Kaliningrad in 1946. Germany’s Nordkurier newspaper reported earlier that copies of 1949 posters, which featured a map of Germany prior to ...