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The plant life of Kaliningrad Region is rich and distinctive, with 1300 different species, including 500 species of trees and shrubs. The most widespread trees are spruce, pine, oak, birch, and maple.
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Germany’s relationship with the Kaliningrad region has ... been good. Although it has strong historical ties to the region, Germany has maintained that it would not make any claims to retake the region. However, there have been rumors lately about German leaders secretly offering to waive Russia’s debt to Germany in return for economic domination over Kaliningrad.
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Kaliningrad was long considered a center of European culture and remains so today. The architectural monuments, fortresses, castles, and estates that have been preserved to this day are a unique feature of Kaliningrad Region, although many of them are in a partially ruined state.
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This has caused many politicians to stress the importance of the Kaliningrad region to the military security of the region, while at the same time, has caused some anxiety among its neighbors Poland and Lithuania. In fact, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, in 1998, said that Kaliningrad “is a threat not only to Poland but ... to European security.”
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What will the European Union's expansion bring the Kaliningrad Region: a moral and economic slump, as Kaliningrad's residents fear, or a wonderful opportunity to outstrip the rest of Russia in economic development and the building of a civic democratic society? And what factors will determine which way the Russian exclave turns?
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Kaliningrad region occupies 0.1% of the RF territory - 15.1 thousand km2. Some areas thereof are situated below sea level. The highest point is Vishtynets upland -- 242 m above sea level.
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