On the way to Berlin. Kaliningrad Region Tour in May

Route: Kaliningrad.

• 15:00 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.).
• 15:20 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby)

Eighty years have passed since the last volleys of the Great Patriotic War died down.

But the glory of those days does not fade.

One of the glorious pages of the heroic past of our people is the East Prussian operation of the Soviet Red Army and especially its final stage - the storming of Konigsberg.

We invite you to celebrate the 80th anniversary of our Victory in Kaliningrad, a former fortress city of the first rank of Germany.

You will learn how the Red Army stormed the fortress city in April 1945.

The complexity of this operation was highly appreciated by the leadership of the Soviet Union and the high command of our troops: a separate medal "For the Capture of Konigsberg" was established.

During the tour, you will learn about the heroism of our soldiers and see the monuments erected in their honor.

You will learn about the storming of Konigsberg by visiting the panorama exhibition "Konigsberg 45 – the last Assault" at the Kaliningrad Museum of History and Art.

In today's Kaliningrad, a large number of ancient Konigsberg fortifications have been preserved.

You will have the opportunity to visit one of the forts of the outer defensive belt of the city.

You will visit Fort 1, one of the most preserved.

After going through its premises, you will learn how such fortresses were built.

The reliability and monumentality of these walls, the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of the citadel to the smallest detail surprise and inspire respect for the military fortification engineers and builders who designed and built such fortresses.

Fortification was considered a separate science, and only a few European countries could boast of their fortification school – Prussia was one of the strongest.

Driving through the streets of Kaliningrad, you will also see the defensive structures of the inner defensive ring: ancient gates, bastions, ramparts, moats, the Kronprinz defensive barracks, the Don and Wrangel towers.

The duration of the tour is 5-6 hours.

Route: Chernyakhovsk, Gusev.

• 09:00 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.);
• 09:20 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby).

In the main direction of our offensive, Gumbinnen – Insterburg –Konigsberg, the German engineering defenses were particularly strong: there were up to 9 fortified strips.

It was here that the fascist command, having a large grouping of the most combat-ready troops, hoped to stop the advance of our troops.

The fighting was fierce and bloody, but the towns of Gumbinnen and Insterburg were taken.

Moscow saluted in honor of this victory on January 22, 1945 with 20 artillery volleys from 224 guns.

The units and formations that distinguished themselves most in the battles were awarded the honorary names of the Insterburg units.

The road to Konigsberg was open.

You will visit the memorial complex at the mass grave of Soviet soldiers who died during the capture of Insterburg.

You will see a monument to the commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front, General I.D. Chernyakhovsky, whose name the city of Chernyakhovsk proudly bears.

Commemorative plaques marked the buildings where the French pilots of the famous Normandy–Neman aviation regiment were stationed and where the editorial office of the front-line newspaper Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda was located, in which the poet and front-line correspondent A.T. Tvardovsky wrote.

The city of Chernyakhovsk traces its history back to the Middle Ages, and the impressive ruins of the Insterburg castle-fortress remind us of the chivalric times.

Many famous historical figures of Europe have visited this castle.

A beautiful city with presentable residential buildings, majestic churches grew up next to the castle – the Reformed Church (now St. Michael's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church) in the Neo-Romanesque style and the Catholic church of St. Bruno of Querfurt in the Neo-Gothic style, unique water towers, as well as numerous monuments to heroes of different eras: V.I. Lenin, M.B. Barclay de Tolly, a Russian soldier from the Napoleonic Wars, and a cute modern urban sculpture.

The small town of Gumbinnen went down in history during the First World War, when a major battle of Gumbinnen took place next to it on August 20, 1914.

Stunning monuments by outstanding modern Russian sculptors remind of this tragic time, the battle, and the heroes of the Russian Imperial army: "In Memory of the Forgotten War that changed the Course of History" by M. Shemyakin and "Bayonet Charge" by V. Surovtsev.

And also the church-monument of all Saints in memory of the fallen during the First World War.

During the Second World War, the city will again be inscribed in the annals of significant events: the offensive operation of the 3rd Belorussian Front on the territory of Nazi Germany, the Gumbinennsky breakthrough, will be named after the city.

Nowadays, the city is proudly named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain S.I. Gusev.

A bust and monument were erected in his honor.

The memory of the defenders of our Fatherland is immortalized in the monument "IS-2 Tank".

The city itself will delight your eyes with its beautiful ancient architecture: the majestic building of the District Government on the main square, next to the delicate neo-Gothic building of the national bank, the strict Lutheran Salzburg Kirche (church).

And, of course, the symbol of the city's past is the bronze moose sculpture by the talented German sculptor L. Vordermayer.

The tour duration is 8-9 hours.

Room release.

Route: Baltiysk.

• 09:00 Boarding from Kaliningrad Hotel (81 Leninsky ave.);
• 09:20 Boarding from the Tourist Hotel (53 A. Nevsky St., main entrance or hotel lobby);

The city of Pillau, the naval base of the German navy, became the last hotbed of resistance of the Nazi troops.

Here, the remnants of the German troops who fought to the last were pressed against the seashore: the Pillau assault lasted 6 days, and the last battles on the Frische Nehrung Spit (Baltic Spit now) opposite the town of Pillau would continue until May 8, 1945.

You will learn about this important operation to destroy Hitler's troops at the memorial at the mass grave of fallen Soviet soldiers and by visiting the Swedish Fortress.

In this citadel was the Russian tsar Peter I, and according to its model, Peter and Paul Fortress would later be founded by him at the foundation of the northern capital.

Baltiysk is a naval base of the Baltic Fleet.

All this determines the flavor and spirit of the place.

You will have the opportunity to take a walk in the historical part of Baltiysk along the embankment, where ships are moored.

See the oldest active lighthouse in the Kaliningrad region (1816);

Monument to Peter I– the founder of the Baltic Fleet.

The building of the old Reformed church, which has now become St. George's Naval Cathedral of the Baltic Fleet, has been preserved.

You will definitely have the opportunity to go to the sea at the monument to the Russian Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.

The program includes a visit to the Swedish Fortress (only for citizens of the Russian Federation with a passport or birth certificate for minors).

The tour ends at the airport at 16:00.

The recommended departure time is after 18:00.