From German Königsberg to Soviet Kaliningrad Appropriating Place and Constructing Identity BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies Series
Auteur : Freeman Jamie
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This book explores how the Soviet Union, after capturing and annexing the German East Prussian city of Königsberg in 1945 and renaming it Kaliningrad, worked to transform the city into a model of Soviet modernity. It examines how the Soviets expelled all the remaining German people, repopulated the city and region with settlers from elsewhere in the Soviet Union, destroyed the key remaining German buildings and began building a model Soviet city, a physical manifestation of the societal transformation brought about by communism. However, the book goes on to show that over time many of the model Soviet buildings were uncompleted and that the citizens, aware of their Polish and Lithuanian neighbours to both the east and the west and appreciating their place in the wider Baltic region, came to view themselves as something different from other Soviet and Russian citizens. The book concludes by assessing present developments as the people of Kaliningrad are increasingly rediscovering the city?s pre-Soviet past and forging a new identity for themselves on their own terms.
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements A Note on Russian Names and Transliteration Introduction 1. The banner of the Soviet Union is now forever established 2. Kaliningrad has been transformed beyond recognition 3. Cataclysms or a political crisis 4. Words are articulated from afar Conclusion: Genes or the landscape? Bibliography Index
Date de parution : 05-2022
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de From German Königsberg to Soviet Kaliningrad :
Mots-clés :
Kaliningrad Regional; Soviet Kaliningrad; Great Patriotic War; Soviet modernity; 11th Guards Army; Societal transformation; Lithuanian SSR; German East Prussian city; Soviet Nationality Policy; German Konigsberg; Castle Ruins; Soviet Patriots; Molotov Ribbentrop Pact; Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; Teutonic Order; Russian Federation; Pregel River; Kaliningrad Oblast; Foundational Pillars; Disengaging; Royal Castle; 16th Guards Rifle Corps; City’s Urban Fabric; RSFSR Council; Red Army Soldiers; World Cup Host City; Valdis Zatlers; East Prussia; Teutonic Order Castle; Estonian Soldier