Kaliningrad (Russian Federation)

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by giuseppe bottasini
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Full name: Kaliningrad Region
Location: Baltics.
Status: Part of the Russian Federation.
Notes: Formerly the northern part of East Prussia, based on the city of Koningsberg (now Kaliningrad) this region was annexed to the Russian SFR at the end of the war. With Baltic independence, it is now detached from Russia proper. Recently, plans were revealed for free port and enterprise zone status for what is seen by many as Russia's potential modern 'window on the west.' So far as I am aware, Kaliningrad has no flag of its own. (The one described in The Flag Bulletin #148 refers to a different region.) The book _One Europe - 100 Nations_ by Roy N. Pedersen (Channel View Books, 1992, ISBN 1-85359-123-8) suggests that the East Prussia flag is a black over white horizontal bi-colour.