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 ...
However, after World War Two, the city and wider region were placed under Soviet administration. The Soviets renamed it Kaliningrad after Mikhail Kalinin, one of the leaders of the Bolshevik ...