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Kaliningrad ( Russian : Калининград ; IPA: [kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈgrat] ), formerly called Königsberg ( German : Königsberg ; Russian : Кёнигсберг , tr. Kyonigsberg ; Old Prussian : Twangste, Kunnegsgarbs, Knigsberg ; Polish : Królewiec ; Lithuanian : Karaliaučius ), is a seaport city and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast , the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea .
The locality was a site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement/fort Twangste. In 1255, a new fortress was built on this site by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades , and was named " Königsberg " in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia . The town was part of the State of the Teutonic Order , the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , Prussia and Germany (until 1945). Until the end of World War II, the area formed the northern part of the former East Prussia . The city was largely destroyed during Worl
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