» Yantarny may also refer to Yantarni Volcano. Yantarny (; ; ; )) is an urban-type settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies about 40 km from Kaliningrad on the Sambian Peninsula. Neighboring towns are Donskoye to the north and Primorsk to the south. It had a population of 5,455 in 2002 according to the Russian Census and an estimated population of 5,400 in 2004. History Pre-1945 For centuries a provincial estate, Yantarny was founded in 1234 atop an older Old Prussian settlement by the… (More on Yantarny)