i live 10 km from there and would say this is not friendly place ,as a child I heard military blast from there.Very uncomfortable place .I have never been there.

@@piotrwojdelko1150 You have never been there, but you are trying to tell others something about this place. excellent

@@crazyspb in soviet time as a child, I have been there many times, there is no more horrible place in Europe. Where is russians there disaster

@@donce18 i have too and I haven't a clue what you're on about

@@sergevolosin9511 than you have to be blind, it's enough just to pass border from Lithuania or Poland to see the difference. Just if you are russian so you live from your birth life like this so I understand that for you this is normal

Thanks Anna! Lets keep it this way

Exactly. It is a pleasure to watch these videos.

@Prosperous yes. It's keepitRussian

I agree, I watched the video and was surprised myself that in what beautiful city))

@@lifeinrussia5190 used to be insanely beautiful right on par with Prague. Little of that old charm remains but what does is still able to impress even though it doesn't rival St. Petersburg anymore. Before the fact Königsberg used to be about two times prettier than St. Petersburg just to give you an impression. Been to Kaliningrad five years ago and they made some progress - still far from the progress made in places like Breslau though but to be fair Breslau did exceptionally well given that the Lemberg folks that fled there were a bit more accepting of German culture and had no probs building the city from the ground up back to it's old charm.

@@dogetothemoon223 not anymore

All changed suddenly...

Nicks comment didn't age well ...

With the usual nerving disturbing MUZAK

@@dogetothemoon223 ah hell no

Крым - Украина Сибирь - Китай Курилы, Сахалин - Япония Карелия - Финляндия Калининград - Германия

@ John Bodnar USA and Canada - native Americans; Australia - Aboriginals; Ukraine - Poland and Turkey

Ukraine- Romania, Poland, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia

@@malikamasimova7631 and Russia

Did your grandmother tell you what the Germans did with the civilian population of Russia? You ask about the concentration camps.

lol,

This video has forgot to mention that this little town had been creating famous people of great Importance , as : Regiomontanus : mathematician Cathleen Brandenburg ,Princess of Transsylvania Chr. Goldbach: mathematician Leonard Euler: mathematician Immanuel Kant : philosopher E.T.A. Hoffmann : writer , author G.H.L. Hagen : physicist G. R. Kirchoff: physicist K.R.König: physicist Otto Wallach chemist D. Hilbert : mathematician Erich von Drygalski : discoverer A. Sommerfeld: physicist Agnes Miegel: physicist Fanny Lewald: physicist H.A.Winkler : historian And no any russians , because russians are only russians . Many russians live on importing western made cars here, and selling them in Russia . It's their main point .

Euler!! Impressive!

@@farseverosapirico6248 How about Immanuel Kant -one of the greatest philosophers of the 18th Century -I would say he was the greatest resident of Konigsberg -of all time!

Leonard Euler was Russian mathematician (also)

Thank you

Also have distant relatives from there. Shame it is no more.

​@@aniinnrchoque1861 A piece of land for 27 million killed Soviet citizens is a small price for you. Кусок земли за 27 000 000 убитых Советских граждан это малая цена для вас.

today the region is inhabited by raw meat-eating Tartars!

@@user-ot1oy6zo6y yawn.

Same as anywhere else

yes like French

We saw their "Kultur" from 1941-45

@@alexs7097 We see how ruski mir is on the atrocities in Ukraine in 2024.

@@alexs7097 We see their ruski mir in 2024.

would you like to come visit us? 🥺🤍🇩🇪 I'm from Kaliningrad. i was born here

Do you remember the exact street where your family is from? I could take a picture of it for you. I live here

@@arkady_2000 Firstly, thank you for your comment! Made me really happy there. They lived in Ortelsburg, which today lies in Ermland-Masuren's Powiat Szczycieński. When East-Prussia was divided between the USSR and Poland, my ancestors (most of them fled the east anyway) were suddenly part of Poland and the "Regierugsbezirk Königsberg" (capital: Königsberg) was gone/ became Kaliningrad, which is basically just half of former Königsberg. So unless you want to visit Poland for me, I'm afraid there is no way you can help me.

Maybe though, I can find out about some other ancestors I had from the region. I still haven't asked my great-uncle about our roots. My grandmother always says "he knows more about those things". Maybe some of that lies in today's Kaliningrad and I can get back to your comment.

About visiting. I hope, in the future, our countries will find a way to solve things, so that this could be a possibility. I would love to see the Königsberger Dom (thank you for still having it) one day. But all that pales once you bring up the thought of dying Russian and Ukrainian soldiers and the poor people Ukraine. I wish you best of personal luck in life, though, and I hope things get better for us all.

Can I ask what made Russia give Indonesians visa-free status for these two cities? I want to visit St Petersburg. 😊

Salam dari Indonesia ,

@@danielblue4460 I think that Indonesia and Russia have excellent relations, next year we don't have to go to embassy for a visa to go all of Russia.

@@stefanong1917 what made it excellent? Palm oil? Indonesia buying warships to Russia?

@@danielblue4460 I guess, we never create any problems with Russia politically. We bought Sukhoi jets from them too.

They did decide to keep and restore it recently, they are in the process of renovating the fleet with the new Russian-made vehicles and also plan on restoring some old routes. What Kaliningrad did with its tram in 2000s was nothing short of atrocity, the previous administration did not care about public transport one single bit.

He didn't even notice there are trolley buses; buses driving on electricity.

Nottingham has a few tram lines still but there's no evidence of historic rolling stock or stops sadly, same with the dismantling of trolleybuses. Honestly britian with things like trams and trolleybuses would make this place feel more European rather than the dreary diesel arriva buses and dull roads

In Kaliningrad maybe the people speak Russian but at the night, trees whisper in German

The Soviets destroyed so many historical monuments to 'degermanize' the city too.

Its because british on average are short and obese and ugly and their food is horrible so most british eat out indian or kebabs from middle east. So of course if I was a british male id hate germany and russia and france and anyone else in central europe out of jealousy too. Most famous british cuisine; chicken tikka masala lmfao

Well, the rest of the world keeps really appalling memories of what your great-grandparents did... Concentration camps, systematic killings of Slavs, Jews, Romas and others. Killing some of your own people too just because they were communists, Jehovah witnesses, gays, handicaps or simple because they had a brain and did not follow Hitler to hell....Considering that most of the people voted for Hitler in that city in 1933, even after they knew what kind of monster he was since they have read Miene Kampt. I am so glad that this city belongs to Russia now. Of course, your grandma is innocent , I guess she was just a little girl during the war.

@@josevilas4927 Funny that the soviets killed even more than the Nazis, right? But i guess that doesnt fit your ideology. Disturbing a person respectfully talking about his ancestry.

@@josevilas4927 It is always fascinating me that everyone in the world seems to shame the Germans even though the Germans are pretty much the only ones who not only look back at the beautiful part of there history but also on the very dark and disturbing part.

On my channel you will find the Story of my Grandmother.

@@josevilas4927 communist and capitalist scum started the war

Спасибо за интересный комментарий! Про область сделаю отдельное видео!

@@RussianPlus, подписался, чтоб не пропустить анонс. 👌

Спасибо за крутые комплименты о крутости крутой молодёжи!

Misterioso why que tienes ouvido a su respeito?

Town of bomz

How does it feel? Your city is such a lovely place to visit.

Poland Kaliningrad Ukraina Białoruś 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

Which one?

@@KS-kb4zt ?

@@bruh-mm3ux Intermarum

Thanks, will do!

Kaliningrad come with Ukrainie Belarus Poland!!!!

Владимир был не точен. Морозы бывали и по -30, к примеру в 1996, 1978. Но это действительно редкость. Бывает всю зиму снег, а иной раз только дождь.

Was that a synagogue?

@@texaspatty4697 no, the name possibly comes from pre-Teutonic times, there was a baltic tribe called "Jud"

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

Most of German cities are like that - completely destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt after.

Luckily a lot of original architecture (by the standards of what you'd expect from USSR) is preserved and in recent times even restored. The biggest shame they did not preserve the Royal Castle but at least the Cathedral is in good shape!

I invite you to Gdańsk, Poland. And make a comparison: Gdańsk vs Kaliningrad. Gdańsk was destroyed during the war, just like Konigsberg. After the war, German residents left for Germany, and Poles came to replace them. And the Poles rebuilt Gdańsk. And the Russians did not rebuild Königsberg, but built Kaliningrad.

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

Typical explanation of the current situation of the city by the Russians. I am a Pole - after the Germans we got 2 large centers - Wocław and Szczecin, and 15 cities with a population of over 100,000. Wrocław was destroyed between 70-80% - Szczecin in 70% and the rest of these cities were destroyed in the urban substance in the range of 30-95%. Now take a look at what Polish cities look like. Built - restored - they were restored to their former shape - even though we had no money and our capital was destroyed in 95%. We did it in parallel. Of course, a significant percentage of it could not be restored - it was mainly due to the fact that we had over the heads of communists who did not like the restoration of German monuments and often their opinion was final. Exactly - now let's look at Kalilingrad. The city was destroyed no more than the Polish one - and what does it look like now? The only thing that was left there was the cathedral on the island and a few individual objects scattered all over the city. THIS NOT ALLIAN BOMBARDINGS led to the present appearance of the city - but the Soviet government which pursued a deliberate policy of removing everything German. These are facts and stop blaming others - because then you only confirm the stereotypes about you. Your government has led to the situation that now Konigsberg, instead of the pearl of the Baltic, on a par with Gdańsk, has become a nasty communist reminder of the USSR's policy.

Poles (as well as most of EU citezens) can get free e-visa to visit Kaliningrad. Not now of course (because of corona) but keep it in mind ;)

@@upredfieldThank you. I will check that.

Wow, I thought this 'we are slavs' shit was typical only for Serbs. Lol.

Виза в Калининград теперь электронная и бесплатная - 0 злотых. 2-3 часа на границе не большая проблема. Мы любим поляков и Польшу, мы часто бываем у вас. Гданьск, Эльблонг, Краков, Закопаны прекрасные города. Политика - дерьмо. Как закончится COVID 19 обязательно приезжайте.

Wiza do Kaliningradu jest teraz elektroniczna i bezpłatna - 0 zł. 2-3 godziny na granicy to nie jest duży problem. Kochamy Polaków i Polskę, często Was odwiedzamy. Gdańsk, Elbląg, Kraków, Zakopany piękne miasta. Polityka to gówno. Przyjdź zaraz po zakończeniu COVID 19.

Then he should make other videos about Russian cities along the trans-Siberian railway.

Great idea

Reparations for Poland from Germany and russia 50 BILION FROM EACH and Krolewiec Połabie Lusitia back to Poland

Luhansk is Ukaine.

@@Johntb100 Smoleńsk to Białoruś, Kaliningrad for Poland 👍 👍 👍 👍

"Hometown" ha ha Tell me about Grandpa Fred then and how he used to go to school there and his folks before him. You can live there but don't pretend the city to be something it isn't. It's colonial thus you won't ever be a native or able to conclusively call it home. You can only feel at home. Your best shot is to learn Lithuanian and study Ballistic and go from there to learn Balto Prussian even tho it's pretty much extinct - then you would have to marry a balto-prus person - THEN maybe u get to call.the place ur actual home. Otherwise it's the place is parents or grandparents originally came from.

@@aniinnrchoque1861 r u ok mate?

@@vladimirbaev8312 had to break this guy's delusions.

I agree. The past is gone (as it is Königsberg) and today Kaliningrad is the home of Russian people.

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

Exactly.

Dr. Ludwig aye? I love his channel 👍

Thank you. You are right. I spent a year in Tennessee. Smokey mountains. I loved it! Gatlinburg and pigeon forge

@@RussianPlus come visit us in Austin, Tx!

I'd love to

I lived there (Черняховск), went to a Soviet school (former german cathedral), that city almost survived WW2 and you can still find a lot of germans legacy there, while Kaliningrad was seriously destroyed of course, compared to the movie from 1938. I hope at some time germans will work together with russians in this region to recover some of the currently ruined castles , this is very historical land.

@@cosmosfun76 Such a beautiful and interesting place! My grandparents also were from there and fled after WWII. I hope to visit it someday!

Did he really like soviet union? 😂 Omg..

​@@bubu4951конечно, это неудивительно. Он увидел человечность. Ведь СССР не поступил с населением побежденной стороны так, как поступили бы они. Вы там совсем забыли о специфике гитлеровской Германии и ее союзников? О том, ЧТО они натворили ? О о том, какие они имели планы на СССР и на весь мир. Как вам не стыдно!

thank you

In my next video I'll show some of the cities in this region. Zelenogradsk is my favorite too btw

Such nice words about my hometown and most beloved city! Thank you and wellcome!

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

Indeed haha! Thank you

Будем Вас ждать! Сердечный привет из Калининграда! :)

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

I love this song!

@@RussianPlus Me too!

Kaliningrad kick putin!!!!

Please, it's a German town

@@andyw.3048 Good thing, right?

TUWANGSTE was first name of the city before MURDERERS from West came here 800 years ago

@@KS-kb4zt Deeper than my knowledge, thanks for sharing though! I hated learning about history in school, now I can't get enough of it!

Thanks. I lived in TN and GA for a year

Thank you too!

Very sad that the original city was destroyed

@@niekflikweert7778 it's unbeievable how russians got away with this genocide.