Port of Baltiysk
Baltiysk seaport
The Baltic Cargo Area of the seaport of Kaliningrad is one of the 4 cargo areas of the seaport of Kaliningrad, which territorially extends from the entrance breakwaters of Baltiysk to the double-deck bridge in Kaliningrad. The Baltic cargo area of the seaport of Kaliningrad has a favourable geographical position - it is located directly at the exit to the Gulf of Gdansk.
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Modern Baltiysk
After the war, Pillau was included in the northern part of East Prussia passed to the Soviet Union that became Kaliningrad Oblast, and the German inhabitants were expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement. During the Russification campaign, the town's name was changed to Baltiysk in 1946.
In 1952, the Soviet authorities inaugurated a naval base for the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Navy at Baltiysk, and as a result, it became a closed town with access forbidden to foreigners or those without a permit. During the Cold War it was served by the Baltiysk Air Base. The town, along with Kaliningrad, remains one of only two year-round ice-free ports along the Baltic Sea coastline available to Russia.
In 2019, on a wave of anti-Western sentiment following Russia's annexation of Crimea, there were calls to change the town's German-era coat of arms, which features a sturgeon wearing the crown of King Frederick William I of Prussia. The historic arms had been granted to the town, then known as Pillau, in 1725.
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