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Detailed explanation-1: -The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea is sandwiched between Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east.

Detailed explanation-2: -The city is situated on the Pregolya River, at the head of the Vistula Lagoon on the Baltic Sea, and is the only ice-free port of Russia and the Baltic states on the Baltic Sea.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: ́ ́, romanized: Kaliningradskaya oblast) is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administrative centre of the province (oblast) is the city of Kaliningrad, formerly known as Königsberg.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its capital is the eponymous city of Kaliningrad, where about half of the population lives. The exclave receives much of its supplies via rail through Lithuania and Belarus, but a sea route of about 1,057 kilometres (about 657 miles) connects its port to the port of St. Petersburg through international waters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kaliningrad is strangely located 300km west of mainland Russia, resting beside Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic sea.