Baltiĭsk (Russia)
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Name (Hebrew)
מצר בלטייסק (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Baltiĭsk (Russia)
Other forms of name
Baltijsk (Russia)
Baltiĭsk (R.S.F.S.R.)
Baltiysk (Russia)
Coordinates
19.87833333 19.87833333 54.64111111 54.64111111 (gooearth )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
MARC
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Sources of Information
- BGN 09-01-93(Baltiysk, Russia; variants: Baltijsk; Baltiĭsk; before 1945: Pillau, Germany; Kaliningradsk. Oblast; coord.: 54°39ʹN 19°55ʹE)
- Ostpreussen-Panorama, 1968:t.p. (Pillau; in Ostpreussen) pref. (after 1945: Baltijsk)
- Brockh. Enzyklop.(Pillau; city in East Prussia; Baltic sea-port; after 1945: Baltijsk)
- Ėnt︠s︡ikl. slovarʹ geogr. nazvaniĭ, 1973:p. 67 (Baltiĭsk; city in Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, R.S.F.S.R.; until 1946 named Pillau)
- Russia and newly independent nations of former USSR [MAP] March, 1993:(Baltiysk)
- BGN 09-01-93(Baltiysk, Russia; variants: Baltijsk; Baltiĭsk; before 1945: Pillau, Germany; Kaliningradsk. Oblast; coord.: 54p0s39ʹN 19p0s55ʹE)
Wikipedia description:
Baltiysk ( bawl-TEESK), prior to 1946 known by its German name Pillau, is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay. It had a population of 33,946 (2021 census); 32,697 (2010 census); 33,252 (2002 census); 27,070 (1989 Soviet census). Baltiysk, the westernmost town in Russia, is a major base of the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet and is connected to St. Petersburg by ferry.
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