# The fate of Kaliningrad in a Russia vs. Baltic states war

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**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-kaliningrad-in-a-russia-vs-baltic-states-war/754732 "2016-05-14T00:26:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-kaliningrad-in-a-russia-vs-baltic-states-war/754732/21 "2016-05-15T16:07:37Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Don’t know why Stalin didn’t hand it over to Poland in the first place.

Or, if he wanted the city in Soviet territory, he could’ve given it to Lithuania. Either would have made more sense than making it a Russian exclave.

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