List of settlements in Kaliningrad Oblast
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This is a list of inhabited localities in Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated on the Baltic coast. It has a population of The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since its creation it has been an exclave of the Russian SFSR and then the...

, Russia
Russia
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, with their former names in German
German language
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, Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

, and Lithuanian
Lithuanian language
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. After the former German regions of East Prussia
East Prussia
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 were annexed to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 as an exclave of the Russian SFSR
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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, nearly all toponyms were given new Russian names.

Major cities and towns:
Russian German Polish Lithuanian
Baltiysk
Baltiysk
Baltiysk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau , is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Bay from the Gdańsk Bay. Baltiysk...

Балтийск Pillau Piława Piliava
Gusev
Gusev
Gusev is a town and the administrative center of Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Pissa and Krasnaya Rivers, near the border with Poland and Lithuania, east of Chernyakhovsk. Population: -History:...

Гусев Gumbinnen Gąbin Gumbinė
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...

Калининград Königsberg Królewiec Karaliaučius
Sovetsk
Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Sovetsk , known by its historical German name of Tilsit in East Prussia before 1946, is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the south bank of the Neman River. Population: -History of Tilsit:...

Советск Tilsit Tylża Tilžė
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk
Chernyakhovsk is a town and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Instruch and the Angrapa Rivers, forming the Pregolya...

Черняховск Insterburg Wystruć Įsrutis


Other localities:
Russian German Polish Lithuanian
Bagrationovsk
Bagrationovsk
Bagrationovsk is a town and the administrative center of Bagrationovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located south of Kaliningrad. Population: -History:...

Багратионовск Preußisch Eylau Pruska Iława/Iławka Prusų Yluva
Bolshakovo
Bolshakovo
Bolshakovo , also referred to as Bolshakovo-Novoye ; until 1938—Groß Skaisgirren, from 1938 to 1946—Kreuzingen) is a settlement located in the southern part of Slavsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 90 km from Kaliningrad...

Большаково Skaisgirren Skajzgiry Skaistgiriai
Chernyshevskoye
Chernyshevskoye
Chernyshevskoye is a settlement in Nesterovsky District in the eastern part of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, on the border with Lithuania.Between Chernyshevskoye and Lithuanian Kybartai is an important 24-hour border crossing point on the A229 principal road and the railway route connecting...

Чернышевское Eydtkuhnen/Eydtkau Ejtkuny Eitkūnai
Dobrovolsk Добровольск Pillkallen/Schloßberg Pilkały Pilkalnis
Domnovo Домново Domnau Domnowo Dumnava
Donskoye Донское Groß-Dirschkeim Tryszkajmy Diržkaimis
Druzhba Дружба Allenburg Alembork Alna
Furmanovo Фурманово Stannaitschen/Zweilinden Stonajcie Stanaičiai
Guryevsk
Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Guryevsk is a town and the administrative center of Guryevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Kaliningrad. Population: -History:...

Гурьевск Neuhausen Nowotki Noihauzenas
Gvardeysk
Gvardeysk
Gvardeysk is a town and the administrative center of Gvardeysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pregolya River east of Kaliningrad. Population: -History:...

Гвардейск Tapiau Tapiawa/Tapiewo Tepliava/Tepliuva
imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo имени Александра Космодемьянского Metgethen
Khrabrovo Храброво Powunden Chrabrowo Pavandenė
Kornevo Корнево Zinten Cynty Cintai (Sintai)
Krasnolesye
Krasnolesye
Krasnolesye is a settlement in Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Krasnaya River close to the border with Poland, in the north of the Romincka Forest. East of Krasnolesye lies Lake Vistytis....

Краснолесье Gross Rominten Rominty Raminta
Krasnoznamensk Краснознаменск Haselberg Łoździenie Lazdėnai
Krylovo Крылово Nordenburg Nordenbork Ašvėnai
Ladushkin
Ladushkin
Ladushkin is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located between Kaliningrad and the Polish border. Population: The town was founded as Ludwigsort in 1314 and is situated not far from the shores of the Vistula Lagoon and the ruins of the medieval Balga Castle erected by the Teutonic...

Ладушкин Ludwigsort Ludwikowo Balga
Lesnoy Лесной Sarkau Sarkały Šarkuva
Lyublino
Lyublino, Kaliningrad Oblast
Lyublino is a settlement under jurisdiction of the town of Svetly in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Before 1945, it was a German village of Seerappen in Kreis Fischhausen, East Prussia. It was known for being the site of an airship base, then a Luftwaffe airbase, and a concentration camp.-See...

Люблино Seerappen Karnyczewo Karnyčiai
Mamonovo
Mamonovo
Mamonovo , prior to 1945 known by its German name Heiligenbeil, is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: Mamonovo is named after a Soviet Commander, Nikolai Vasilyevich Mamonov , killed in action near Pułtusk on 26 October 1944, who was posthumously given the title Hero of the Soviet...

Мамоново Heiligenbeil Święta Siekierka/Świętomiejsce Šventapilis
Matrosovo Матросово Gilge Gilia Gilija
Mayovka
Mayovka
Mayovka, prior to 1945 known by its German name Georgenberg is a settlement in Chernyakhovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Mayovka is located about ten kilometers northwest of Chernyakhovsk and has the best preserved medieval castle in the oblast.The town was founded around the...

Маёвка Georgenburg Jeżewo/Jurbork Jurbarkas
Morskoye Морское Pillkoppen Piłkopy Pilkopa
Neman
Neman (town)
Neman is a town and the administrative center of Nemansky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the historic Prussia region, east of the town of Sovetsk, on the steep southern bank of the Neman River, where it currently forms the border with the Klaipėda Region in...

Неман Ragnit Ragneta Ragainė
Nesterov
Nesterov
Nesterov is a town and the administrative center of Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: -History:In the Middle Ages, the area in Old Prussia had been settled by the Nadruvian tribe of the Baltic Prussians. It was conquered by the Teutonic Knights about 1276 and...

Нестеров Stallupönen/Ebenrode Stołupiany Stalupėnai
Novaya Derevnya
Novaya Derevnya
Novaya Derevnya railway station is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia.It was built by a joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-Peterburg-Sestroretsk railway and was opened in structure Ozerki line on July 23, 1893...

Новая Деревня Gertlauken Giertławki Gertlaukiai
Novomoskovskoye Новомосковское Pörschken Popolity Popalyčiai
Ozerki Озерки Groß-Lindenau Ogławiszki Aglaviškiai
Ozyorsk
Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ozyorsk is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Angrapa River, southeast of Chernyakhovsk near the border with the Polish Warmia-Masuria Voivodship. Population: -Notable residents:...

Озёрск Darkehmen/Angerapp Darkiejmy Darkiemis
Pionersky
Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast
Pionersky is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Baltic Sea on the Sambian Peninsula, between Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk. The town is under direct jurisdiction of the oblast administration. Population:...

Пионерский Neukuhren Kurowo Naujieji Kuršiai
Pobedino Победино Schillehnen Szyleny Šilėnai
Pokrovskoye Покровское Buttkuhnen Butkuny Butkūnai
Polessk
Polessk
Polessk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Labiau is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,744 ....

Полесск Labiau Labiawa Labguva
Pravdinsk
Pravdinsk
Pravdinsk is a town and the administrative center of Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Lava River, approximately east of Bagrationovsk...

Правдинск Friedland Frydląd Romuva
Primorsk
Primorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Primorsk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Fischhausen, is an urban locality in Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Vistula Lagoon. Population:...

Приморск Fischhausen Rybaki Žuvininkai
Prokhladnoye Прохладное Kallningken Kałninki Kalnininkai
Rybachy Рыбачий Rossitten Różyty Rasytė
Rodniki
Rodniki
Rodniki may refer to:*Rodniki, Ivanovo Oblast, a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia*Rodniki, Moscow Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia*Rodniki, name of several rural localities in Russia...

Родники Arnau Ornowo Arnava
Slavsk
Slavsk
Slavsk, prior to 1945 known by its German name Heinrichswalde, is a town and the administrative center of Slavsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located to the west of Sovetsk. The town has a railway station on the Sovetsk-Kaliningrad railroad. Population:...

Славск Heinrichswalde Jędrzychowo Gastos
Slavskoye
Slavskoye, Russia
Slavskoye is a settlement in the Bagrationovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located south of Kaliningrad.-History:In 1240, the Teutonic Knights founded a castle in the region of Natangia at the location of an Old Prussians settlement. In 1315 Kreuzburg received its town privileges...

Славское Kreuzburg Krzyżbork/Krujzbork Kryžiapilis/Pronyčiai
Sosnovka Сосновка Augstagirren Auksztagiry Aukštagiriai
Svetlogorsk Светлогорск Rauschen Rausze Riaušiai
Svetly
Svetly, Kaliningrad Oblast
Svetly , prior to 1945 known by its German name Zimmerbude, is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the coast of Vistula Bay west of Kaliningrad. Population: 21,745 ;...

Светлый Zimmerbude Buda
Timiryazevo Тимирязево Neukirch Niziny Naujoji, Naujėnai
Ulyanovo Ульяново Kraupischken Kraupiszki Kraupiškas
Ushakovo Ушаково Brandenburg in Ostpreußen Pokarmin Pokarviai
Vzmorye Взморье Großheidekrug Zajazdowo
Yantarny
Yantarny
Yantarny ) is an urban locality in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located about from Kaliningrad on the Sambian Peninsula. Population: -Pre-1945:...

Янтарный Palmnicken Palmniki Palvininkai
Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana, Kaliningrad Oblast
Yasnaya Polyana is a rural settlement in the Nesterovsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast, north of the Romincka Forest...

Ясная Поляна Trakehnen Trakiany Trakėnai
Yasnoye Ясное Kaukehmen Kawkiejmy Kaukėnai
Zalesye Залесье Mehlauken Mielławki Mielaukiai
Zelenogradsk
Zelenogradsk
Zelenogradsk, is a town and the administrative center of Zelenogradsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, Located on the Sambian coastline near the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea...

Зеленоградск Cranz Koronowo Krantas
Zheleznodorozhny
Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast
Zheleznodorozhny , prior to 1946 known by its German name Gerdauen, is an urban locality in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Kaliningrad, near the border with Poland...

Железнодорожный Gerdauen Gierdawy Girdava
Znamensk
Znamensk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Znamensk is a settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of the Pregolya River at its confluence with the Lava River some 50 km east of Kaliningrad...

Знаменск Wehlau Welawa Vėluva

See also


Further reading

. (Letas Palmaitis. Proposition on Russifying Original Toponyms of the Northern Part of Former East Prussia). 2003.
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