Kalin­ingrad - Rus­sia

Friend­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1991

In 1946 Kalin­ingrad (lit­eral trans­la­tion: City of Kalinin) was re­named af­ter the de­ceased So­viet Head of State Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin with­out any con­nec­tion be­tween the per­son and the city.

Kalin­ingrad has many cul­tural at­trac­tions such as the Am­ber Mu­seum con­tain­ing a large col­lec­tion of jew­elry. The Königs­berg Cathe­dral is also worth a visit. It is the only build­ing of the for­mer in­ner city that has sur­vived World War II and is cur­rently be­ing used as a cul­tural cen­ter.

In­side are two small de­vo­tional rooms and be­hind the cathe­dral is the tomb of Im­manuel Kant. Among Kalin­ingrad’s most im­por­tant eco­nomic sec­tors are me­chan­i­cal en­gi­neer­ing, pro­duc­tion of mu­si­cal in­stru­ments, as well as chem­i­cal and food in­dus­tries. Kalin­ingrad is also an im­por­tant Russ­ian ship­yard lo­ca­tion.

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