The main point of the master’s thesis – scrutinize the international status and position of Kaliningrad oblast. From the historical overview it can be determined that the sovereignty over the territory of the Kaliningrad oblast passed over the course of centuries from the Teutonic Order, to the Duchy of Prussia, to the Kingdom of Prussia, to the Kingdom of Germany, to the enclave of East Prussia and finally to the USSR. The relation of an exclave to its state is of state-legal nature. The legal nature of an enclave is to be viewed from the points of view of the surrounding (enclaving) state, the mainland, and the third states. Since the enclave is an inherent part of the mainland state, it is guided by the mainland’s national politics and legal system that’s why from the point of view of the enclave; this power is the most important one. It was one of the master’s thesis tasks to estimate the factors that caused the establishment of the Kaliningrad oblast on the nowadays map to assess the legal oblast’s status according the Potsdam Agreement and the way it was incorporated in the mother state. After scrutinizing the provisions of the Potsdam Agreement and Treaty of the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany one can state that the legal status of Kaliningrad oblast is to be determined. The borders in the region under consideration have been in flux throughout the last century. Fifty years is a short time span as regards substantial and irreversible changes in public... [to full text]