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See also: Piława;, a river in Poland and Piława Górna;, a city in PolandBaltiysk (Балтийск, -1946 Pillau (German), Piława (Polish)) is a Russian sea port in the strait between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay, called Strait of Baltiysk on the territory of Kaliningrad Oblast with about 20,000 inhabitants. Baltiysk is the only year-round, ice-free port along the Russian Baltic Sea coastline. The town is a major naval base of the Russian Navy and a ferry port on the route to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The city was likely founded as a village in Prusy (Prusy Wschodnie, Eastern Prussia) before XVII century.
During the war between Sweden and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the port was captured by Swedes. Gustavus Adolphus landed in the city with reinforcements for the Swedes on May 1626. After the ceasefire in Altmark (1629) the Swedes were given control of the city, which they retained for several more years.
The city was granted city rights in 1725.
During the Second World War it belonged to Nazi Germany which had an U-boat training facility there. It was captured by the Soviet Red Army on 25th April 1945.
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