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Since the early 1990s there has been a proposal for independence of the Kaliningrad Oblast from Russia and the formation of a "fourth Baltic state" by some of the local people. The Baltic Republican Party was founded on 1 December 1993 with the aim of founding an autonomous Baltic Republic, [28] restoring the name Königsberg. [29]
Kaliningrad Oblast is the westernmost part of ... The independence of Lithuania in 1990 and full dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 isolated Kaliningrad from ...
Kaliningrad, [a] known as Königsberg [b] until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland, 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia on the Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon, and the only ice-free Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
Advocacy group: Ingush Independence Committee; Kaliningrad Oblast [192] People: Russian Proposed state: Baltic Republic/Königsberg. Advocacy groups: Kaliningrad Public Movement, Respublika Movement [193] Kalmykia. Republic of Kalmykia. People: Kalmyks. Proposed state: Kalmykia with possible unification with Astrakhan Oblast [194]
The Baltic Republic [33] [34] (or Land of Amber [35] /Yantarny Krai [35] /Königsberg [36]) is a proposed state within the borders of Kaliningrad Oblast. The idea was mainly supported by the Baltic Republican Party which was dissolved in 2005 and was one of the few openly separatist parties, which were allowed to run in the elections.
City renamed Kaliningrad after Bolshevik Mikhail Kalinin. City becomes seat of the newly formed Kaliningrad Oblast. Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Arts founded. Kaliningradskaya Pravda newspaper begins publication. [33] 1947 – Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theatre established. 1954 – Pishchevik Kaliningrad football club formed.
In July of that year, the historic city of Königsberg was renamed Kaliningrad to honour Mikhail Kalinin and the area named the Kaliningrad Oblast. Between 24 August and 26 October 1948 21 transports with in total 42,094 Germans left the Oblast to the Soviet Occupation Zone (which became East Germany).
The economic blockade restricted or cancelled the centralised supply of energy resources, on which Lithuania was extremely dependent from USSR, as well as electricity, foodstuffs, and pharmaceuticals. To a much lesser extent, the embargo also impacted Kaliningrad Oblast. The Soviet Union sealed the republic's borders and blocked Lithuania's ...