Baltiysk
Балтийск | |
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![]() Aerial view of Baltiysk | |
Coordinates: 54°39′N 19°55′E / 54.650°N 19.917°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kaliningrad Oblast[1] |
Administrative district | Baltiysky District[1] |
Town of district significance | Baltiysk[1] |
Founded | 13th century |
Town status since | 1725 |
Government | |
• Head | Maksim Brychuk |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 32,697 |
• Capital of | Baltiysky District,[1] town of district significance of Baltiysk[1] |
• Municipal district | Baltiysky Municipal District[3] |
• Urban settlement | Baltiyskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
• Capital of | Baltiysky Municipal District,[3] Baltiyskoye Urban Settlement[3] |
Time zone | UTC+2 (MSK–1 ![]() |
Postal code(s)[5] | 238520–238522, 238525, 238527, 238528 |
Dialing code(s) | +7 40145 |
OKTMO ID | 27705000001 |
Website | балтийск39 |
Baltiysk (Russian: Балти́йск; German: Pillau;[6] Old Prussian: Pillawa; Lithuanian: Piliava; Yiddish: פּילאַווע, Pilave[7]) 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. Population: 33,946 (2021 Census);[8] 32,697 (2010 Russian census);[2] 33,252 (2002 Census);[9] 27,070 (1989 Soviet census).[10]
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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