Russian Exclave on the Baltic Sea: Evolution of Exclavity and Ways to Overcome It

Abstract

The author considers peculiarities of the emergence and evolution of exclavity of the Kaliningrad region. The article analyses the influence of exclavity on the connections of the region with the Russian mainland, its economic development, exclave administration, and Kaliningrad identity and examines the ways the existing disadvantages can be overcome. Methods of overcoming these disadvantages are suggested in the article.

Keywords

• exclavity
• the Kaliningrad region
• disconnection of the exclave
• economic development of the exclave
• Kaliningrad identity
• overcoming disadvantages of the exclave position