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restrained a rushing horse. Today the
Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union is
placed in this place and the adjacent
square houses a monument to the
soviet statesman and party leader
M.I. Kalinin, in memory of whom
the city is named today. Railroad
amateurs will be interested to see
exhibits of the small railroad museum
which is located on the side track near
the Yuzhny railway station.
13-25, Zheleznodorozhnaya St.
Kaliningrad Zoo
A reserve site with an area of 16.7 ha
located in the very center of the city.
The zoo was opened for visitors as
early as 1896 by Hermann Claass, an
entrepreneur. Today the Kaliningrad
zoo is rightfully considered one of
the best in Russia.
26, Mira Ave. Guided tour order:
t.: + 7 (4012) 21–89–14
www.kldzoo.ru
Kaliningrad regional
Museum of Amber
(Tower «Dona»)
The only museum of amber in Russia
opened in 1979. It is located in the
center of Kaliningrad on the shore
of the Verkhnee Lake in the 19th
century defense tower. Amber
Museum is a museum of one mineral.
The exposition occupies three floors
with the total space of 1 000 square
meters. Content wise it consists of
the «natural history» and «culture
and history» parts. Amber is a
fossilized resin of ancient coniferous
trees which grew 40 million years
ago of the territory of the presentday
Scandinavian peninsula and
adjacent areas of the bottom of the
Baltic Sea.
1, Marshala Vasilevskogo St.,
t.: +7 (4012) 53–82–19
www.ambermuseum.ru
Rossgarten Gate
The gate was constructed in
1852–1855. The façade was
designed by August Stüler, the Royal
Privy Councillor for buildings, while
the author of sculptural decorations
is Wilhelm Ludwig Stürmer. Today
houses a fi sh restaurant.
3, Marshala Vasilevskogo Sq.
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