Despite the fact that many of our citizens to travel to Russia not like in this region it is necessary to go necessarily. At least in order to see how he lives isolated from the rest of the country area.
Geographic reference to the Baltic sea, to the historic German and Polish culture, plus the application at the current stage, a kind of business models that make the Kaliningrad enclave the most interesting place to visit tourists.
On three sides of the region – sea, Poland and Lithuania, and is home to nearly a million Russians. But in a city where half of the total number of residents in the area, we almost never went back. Amazing in that nothing. As in our nation’s capital, Kaliningrad excavated, on the occasion of the forthcoming world championship on football in 2018 year.
Curious fact. Among the 11 cities that will host the upcoming season, Koenig is second in the list after Moscow. By the way, Koenig called his loving locals. Still, despite a few decades, the name Kaliningrad was unable to secure. Also interesting the point that all-Union elder Mikhail Kalinin, perpetuated in the name of the city and region, in this region I have never visited.
When you are landing at Khrabrovo airport, the attentive eye will note not only the presence of civil aircraft, but the military side, as Kaliningrad air Harbor has a dual purpose. Generally, the smallest area of the Russian region, as befits the border area has plenty of military facilities. Here are the pilots, and rocketeers, and of course sailors.
If anyone knows what it is here, in Kaliningrad, is the headquarters of the Baltic fleet of the Russian Navy.
And although, as I noted above, we in the city were quite a bit, separately, I want to talk about urban policy of Koenigsberg. By the way, age is quite honorable. After all, and has passed for 765 years.
The city began with the castle on the river Pregel. Pregel Pregel). But the castle itself did not last long. In the 13th century, when the poles called the Teutonic knights to fight the pagans, it was burned and razed to the ground, and then, literally in the same place built a Fort. In fact, from the very place and Koenigsberg (king’s mountain).
Pregolya here diverges into two streams, which then again connects. As You know, the advantage of settlements close to such growth, is undeniable. So then, on the island, and the branches of the river, added two town, Loebenicht and Kneiphof. All three fortresses were independent and had their own mayors, magistrates, courts, and all three cities were members of the merchant Union. Well, the common name of Koenigsberg arose at the usual nesting principle. Of course, the city has continued to develop in a defensive direction, matching the spirit of the time.
About a couple miles from the main settlement, in the 17th century the first water ring in the 18th century the second and finally to the 19th century, when the enemy should be found on the distant approaches, there was “night feather” of Konigsberg, and to put it simply, ring FORTS, at a distance of approximately 5 km from the city walls. In total there were 12 large and 3 small circles (40 km and being in visual communication with each other. Each Fort can support two neighboring artillery fire. Do not be surprised if a feather-bed the inhabitants sleep quite a quiet)
Each of these FORTS was named after the great German rulers and generals. In one of them we just happened to visit. Fort No. 5, bears the name of king Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Well, what we saw there and what his unique story, I’ll tell you later)
