1st Edition
From German Königsberg to Soviet Kaliningrad Appropriating Place and Constructing Identity
By Jamie Freeman
Copyright 2021
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Jamie Freeman completed his doctorate at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
