Prussian Reflection

"Eight Blocks of the Altstadt"

Presentation of the MARKHI initiative project "Eight Blocks of the Altstadt" (2017)

Vygaudas Ušackas: “I will go down in history as the ‘crisis ambassador’”

An interview with the head of the European Union Delegation to Russia.

"Kaliningrad must preserve the memory of Königsberg's great men and women"

An interview with Gerfried Horst, chairman of the Society of Friends of Kant and Königsberg.

Happy Birthday to Our City's Most Famous Resident!

What does it matter to us ordinary Kaliningraders that Immanuel Kant once lived in this city?

Close Stranger*, or What You Can Learn about Kaliningrad in Poland

A review of Polish press coverage of the Russian exclave on the Baltic.

We'll build our new world – all over the old?

The development of an area must not come at the cost of destroying cultural heritage sites.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Tomsk

The story of a successful move – after Siberia, Kaliningrad seems almost a little paradise!

The Baltic Fleet. The Present Day

Today the Baltic Fleet is the best-off of Russia's fleets.

Once Again on Why People Move to Kaliningrad

What is our city's main advantage if we leave aside the EU being "within walking distance"?

Why Kaliningrad? A Brief Theory of Choosing Where to Live

When people choose where to live, the key role is played not by aesthetic but by social and economic factors.

Once Upon a Time in America

Most New York Times articles that mention Kaliningrad are military news.

A Russian Soldier Taken Prisoner at Tannenberg Who Made It Back to Moscow

Yekaterina Semyonovna Zhivopistseva tells the story of her father, a soldier taken prisoner by the Germans at Tannenberg in 1914 who escaped in 1919.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Irkutsk

The story of a family who moved to Kaliningrad just a year ago but have already come to love their new home.

Kristijonas Donelaitis’s Birthday

1 January is the birthday of Kristijonas Donelaitis, the classic of Lithuanian poetry, who spent his whole life in Tollmingkemen (Chistye Prudy).

Münchhausen in the Context of Old Prussian History

Every joke contains a grain of joke.

10 Useful Tips, or a Guide for Visitors to the Kaliningrad Region

Many tourists who come to Kaliningrad do the same stock things.

A Fresh Look: Kaliningrad after Yekaterinburg

The Kaliningrad Region is a place you want to move to.

Being Determines Consciousness

The fragments of the material culture of past eras that have survived in the Kaliningrad region exert a strong, and sometimes decisive, influence on …

Local Border Dislike

A view of Polish-Russian cooperation in the local border traffic zone from Switzerland and Portugal.

What Can Kaliningrad's Monuments Tell Us?

The Kaliningrad region (formerly East Prussia) invites you on an unforgettable journey.

What Should the City's Architectural Symbol Be?

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