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Sambia or the Sambian Peninsula (Russian: semlyandskiy poluostrov, German: Samland) is the name of a peninsula in the Baltic Sea. It belonged to East Prussia for a long period and was originally populated by the Baltic tribe of Sambians. Now it is part of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast and is mainly populated by Russians and Belarusians. In Sambia there are two famous seaside resorts: Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk.Sambia is an area rich of amber near Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg). Sambia was the last area where the Old Prussian language was spoken before it went extinct at the beginning of 18th century.
For thousands of years amber has been found at the Sambia coast and an Amber RoadThe Amber Road (in Polish: Szlak Bursztynowy Jantarowy Szlak in German: Bernsteinstrasse in Russian: was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber. As one of the waterways and ancient 'highways', the road for centuries led from Europe to Asia and v trade route has led from Prussia's "first city" of Truso to the Black SeaNASA MODIS The Black Sea (also known as the Euxine Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. There is a and further east.
Peninsulas of Russia
