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Yury Savenko
Yury Savenko (; 26 May 1961 – 31 July 2020) was a Russian politician. He served as the mayor of Kaliningrad from 1998 to 2007 and was a member of the State Duma from 2007 to 2011. Biography Yury Savenko was born on 26 May 1961 in Kaliningrad. He graduated from the Kiev Naval Political College. In 1995, he graduated from the Russian Academy of State Service under the President of Russia. In 1985, he entered the military and served as a deputy political officer for a minesweeper unit in the Pacific Fleet (Russia), Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet and advanced to the rank of Captain 1st rank. He entered politics straight from the military when he was elected to the municipal council of Korsakov (town), Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast, later becoming the deputy chairman of the council. In 1991, the Governor of Sakhalin Oblast appointed him as Mayor. In 1994, the mayor of Kaliningrad offered him the opportunity to return to his hometown to serve as vice mayor of the city. In 1998, Savenko was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian semi-exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about west from mainland Russia. 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. Its population in 2020 was 489,359, with up to 800,000 residents in the urban agglomeration. Kaliningrad is the second-largest city in the Northwestern Federal District, after Saint Petersburg, the third-largest city in the Baltic region, and the seventh-largest city on the Baltic Sea. The settlement of modern-day Kaliningrad was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
