#Пиллау

Seaside Resort Life in the 19th Century

A tour of the coast from Cranz to Pillau

Baltiysk and the Vistula Spit

There is hardly anything in the Kaliningrad Region more picturesque than the local strait, along which ships constantly ply

Baltiysk (Pillau)

On September 10, 1510, a powerful storm breached the spit, creating a new strait — and thus began the history of Pillau

Lutheran Church of Pillau

Destroyed during the assault of 1945; its ruins were cleared away in the post-war years

Lutheran Church in the Pillau Citadel

Damaged during the fighting within the Pillau fortress in 1945. The ruins were cleared away

Reformed Church of Pillau

The gable was slightly damaged during the fighting in 1945. After the war the church was used as a warehouse

Catholic Church of Pillau

Badly damaged during the Second World War, which later led to its demolition

Gennady Kretinin: "The Red Army won a strategic victory here"

The East Prussian Operation from the standpoint of military science.