Kaliningrad Oblast

Summary

Kaliningrad Oblast is an exclave^[1]. It draws 4,009 Wikipedia views per month (exclave category, ranking #2 of 13).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kaliningrad Oblast is located in Russia^[3].
• Kaliningrad Oblast is in the country of Russia^[4].
• Kaliningrad Oblast is on the body of water Gdańsk Bay^[5].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's head of government is recorded as Anton Alikhanov^[6].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's head of government is recorded as Alexei Besprozvannykh^[7].
• Kaliningrad Oblast is on the continent of Europe^[8].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's instance of is recorded as exclave^[9].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's instance of is recorded as oblast of Russia^[10].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's instance of is recorded as federal subject of Russia^[11].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's capital is recorded as Kaliningrad^[12].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Klaipėda County^[13].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship^[14].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Marijampolė County^[15].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Tauragė County^[16].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Podlaskie Voivodeship^[17].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's shares border with is recorded as Pomeranian Voivodeship^[18].
• Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin is named after Kaliningrad Oblast^[19].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bagrationovsky District^[20].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Baltiysky District^[21].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nemansky District^[22].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nesterovsky District^[23].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Polessky District^[24].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Svetlogorsky District^[25].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gvardeysky District^[26].
• Kaliningrad Oblast's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kaliningrad Urban Okrug^[27].

Body

Geography

Kaliningrad Oblast is in the country of Russia^[4]. It is located in Russia^[3]. It is on the body of water Gdańsk Bay^[5]. It is on the continent of Europe^[8]. It is part of Northwestern Federal District^[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include exclave^[9], oblast of Russia^[10], and federal subject of Russia^[11].

History and Context

April 7, 1946 marks the founding of Kaliningrad Oblast^[29]. Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin is named after it^[19].

Why It Matters

Kaliningrad Oblast draws 4,009 Wikipedia views per month (exclave category, ranking #2 of 13).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]