Coat of arms of the Kaliningrad region
The coat of arms of the Kaliningrad region was introduced in early July 2006 to create a new Russian identity for the Kaliningrad region.
The coat of arms shows a silver fortress in the suggested Tudor style with two towers and an open gate on a red background. Below the fortress are blue waves with five circles filled in yellow . The monogram of Tsarina Elisabeth is located between the towers . The coat of arms is surrounded by a red ribbon, on the coat of arms there is an open crown , as shown three times in the old Königsberg coat of arms .
The red background of the coat of arms symbolizes the warlike past of the area and at the same time the Red Army , which had conquered the area for the Soviet Union . The surrounding red ribbon also symbolizes the Order of Lenin , which the area received during the Soviet Union. It thus symbolizes the region's Soviet past. The blue waves with the yellow circles symbolize the location on the Amber Sea , i.e. the Baltic Sea . The crown and the monogram symbolize the time of Tsarina Elisabeth. Under her rule in the Seven Years' War , Russia annexed the region between 1757 and 1762 . Finally, the fortress symbolizes the city of Kaliningrad with its military importance on the one hand, and the old Königsberg on the other . The open gates should symbolize openness. The colors of the coat of arms are the colors of the Russian tricolor , supplemented by the yellow of the amber.
Parts of the coat of arms can also be found in the flag of the Kaliningrad region .