Baltiysk
Baltiysk (Балтийск, -1946
Pillau (German), Piława (Polish)) is a
Russian sea port in the strait between Vistula Bay and
Gdansk Bay, called
Pilawa straits 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.