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Kaliningrad Cathedral
Kaliningrad Cathedral is a Brick Gothic-style cathedral in Kaliningrad. It is located on Kant Island in the Pregel River. Today, the cathedral has two chapels, one Lutheran, the other Russian Orthodox, as well as a museum. The cathedral is also used for concerts. The tomb of the philosopher Immanuel Kant, the "Sage of Königsberg", is today in a mausoleum adjoining the northeast corner of the cathedral. The mausoleum was constructed by the architect Friedrich Lahrs and was finished in 1924 in time for the bicentenary of Kant's birth. Originally, Kant was buried inside the cathedral, but in 1880 his remains were moved outside and placed in a neo-Gothic chapel adjoining the northeast corner of the cathedral. Over the years, the chapel became dilapidated before it was demolished to make way for the mausoleum, which was built on the same spot, where it is today.

How to find:Kanta street 1,Kaliningrad
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Amber Museum
This art depository was inaugurated in 1979, to become Russia’s first and only Amber Museum. Located in the center of Kaliningrad on the Verkhneye Lake shore, it is housed in a fortress tower dating from the mid-nineteenth century. Museum collection has the biggest “sunstone” in Russia weighing 4.28 kilograms. The considerable part of the collection includes amber specimens with inclusions of insects, spiders and plant remains that were stuck in liquid vicious resin about millions years ago. Inclusions are an important paleontological material for the Earth’s past study.
Address
How to find: 1, Marshal Vasilevsky Square? Kaliningrad
Opening hours: October-April: 10:00 a.m. – 18:00 p.m.
May-September: 10:00 a.m. – 19:00 p.m.
Closed: Monday
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Тhe Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Art

It was opened right after the war and is the oldest museum of the city. The museum started to collect its exhibits in 1946. The main museum building is the former town hall Stadthalle, built in Koenigsberg in 1912 by the architect Richard Seele in art nouveau. The museum displays permanent and temporary exhibitions in 11 halls. The visitors get acquainted with the nature, history and culture of the region.

How to find: Klinicheskaya Str., 21, Kaliningrad
Opening hours: 10.00 – 18.00 (ticket window: 10.00 – 17.00)
Closed: Monday
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The Blindage Museum

The museum of the storming of Koenigsberg is located in the bunker. This is a one-storied underground concrete bombproof shelter which is 7 meters deep, 42 meters long, 15 meters wide and consists of 21 rooms. The bunker has all systems to support life. There was a headquarters of the German command leading Koenigsberg defences since March 1945. In the bunker General Otto Lasch decided to sign the Act of Capitulation. He was the commandant of Koenigsberg. The atmosphere of the Second World War is reestablished in the premises. The dioramas and the materials telling about storming of Koenigsberg by the Soviet Army are exhibited in the museum. The bunker’s gate was covered by runic symbols. According to one of the versions it was meant for German headquarters magic defence.

How to find: Universitetskaya Str., 2 a, Kaliningrad
Opening hours: 10.00 – 18.00 (ticket window: 10.00 – 17.00)
Closed: Monday
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Fort №5 «King Frederick Wilhelm III» (branch of Тhe Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Art)

Fort №5 is a unique monument of the European fortification. It was built after the Franco-Prussian War in 70s of the XIXth century by means of the French indemnity. It was a part of the defensive belt around Koenigsberg. In 1894 it was named in honour of Frederick Wilhelm III who was the king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840.
The Fort has a shape of an elongated hexagon. It is surrounded by a water moat 20-25 meters wide and 3 to 5 meters deep. There are casemates and caponiers inside the wall. It was considered a secret object but in the beginning of the XXth century it lost its military significance and was often used as a place for celebrations and fireworks.
Before World War II the reconstructions of fortifications started. During the storming of Koenigsberg in spring 1945 the Fort №5 was on the main attack line of the Soviet Army. It was claimed to be the best fortification of the entire Koenigsberg position and formed a strong resistance. The storming of the fort lasted for three days. It was fired from the huge 280 mm artillery mortar and was heavily destroyed. On 8 April the garrison surrendered to the troops of 43-d army. For outstanding courage and valour displayed during the storming, 15 soldiers were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. The memorial complex in honour of the died during the storming of Koenigsberg is situated on the adjacent territory. A weapon collection is displayed in the fort.

How to find: Bulatova Str., Kaliningrad (the benchmark – “Kaliningrad” sign at the entrance to the city on Svetlogorsky highway)
Opening hours: October – April: 10.00 – 18.00, May – September: 10.00 – 20.00
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The Park of Sculpture (branch of Тhe Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Art)

"The Park of Sculpture" is an open-air museum exhibition. It is located in the historical city center, near the Cathedral. Here you can see a collection of 20th-century sculptures "The person and the world" from the museum funds and a valuable dendro-collection consisting of 1000 rare trees and bushes from Europe, North and South America, Japan, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

How to find: Central Island (near the Cathedral), Kaliningrad.

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The Curonian Spit
The Curonian Spit is an outstanding example of a landscape of sand dunes that is under constant threat from natural forces (wind and tide). After disastrous human interventions that menaced its survival the Spit was reclaimed by massive protection and stabilization works begun in the 19th century and still continuing to the present day.
Human habitation of this elongated sand dune peninsula, 98 km long and 0.4-4 km wide, dates back to prehistoric times. Throughout this period it has been threatened by the natural forces of wind and waves. Its survival to the present day has been made possible only as a result of ceaseless human efforts to combat the erosion of the Spit, dramatically illustrated by continuing stabilisation and reforestation projects.
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Interests

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- music
- cooking

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-cooked greek moussaka

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation

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