From German Königsberg to Soviet Kaliningrad: Appropriating Place and Constructing Identity

ISBN-13: 9780367408978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 158 str.

Jamie Freeman

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jamie Freeman completed his doctorate at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.