A Königsberg society of friends without Kant
... bringing together both nobility and aristocracy and ordinary curious citizens. The reasons behind this phenomenon were the geographical, geopolitical, and cultural and historical position of Königsberg — a large provincial trade and cultural centre of East Prussia. The focus of the article is the historical and documentary analysis of the group ‘portrait’ of the participants of Königsberg meetings described in the novel Lebensläufe nach aufsteigender Linie by Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, who served ...
Kant, Königsberg, and the Albertina. Excerpts from the letters of a Polish student
By the end of the 19th century, after three partitions of Rzeczpospolita by the neighbouring powers, about half of its territory became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. These geopolitical changes had significant social implications for the Polish population.Jan Swiecicki was one of many Polish students to be sent to German-speaking gymnasia. Some of them continued their education at the oldest Prussian university,...
Historical and linguistic analysis of the Kaliningrad regional oronimics
The article distinguishes the specificity of the renaming of different land forms. The renaming was carried out after the former East Prussia had become part of the Soviet Union. The article has a special focus on describing minor errors, comparison of the original oronyms with the new ones, and eliciting the ways of coordination between them.
1. Петешова О. В. Способы ...
On the toponymic purism in North-East Prussia in the first half of the 20th century
This article analyses the large-scale renaming campaign held by the German leadership in the late 1930s in order to Germanise the Prussian territories of the state. It is concluded that the puristic activities of German National Socialists widely discussed in the modern scientific community were inconsistent.
1. Басовская Е. Н. Советский лингвистический пуризм: слово и дело (на материале периодики 1920—1930-х годов) // Вестник Российского государственного гуманитарного университета. 2011. Вып. 7...
The Kaliningrad region as a site of memory for the Russians
... Kaliningrad region, makes it possible to speak of a strong regional, or Kaliningrad, component of identity. The regional public consciousness and particularly its collective memory, which is in the process of its shaping, is influenced by the previous German (East Prussian) history. The diversity of memory sites in the region with different national and cultural characteristics requires a specific approach to ranking the identity emphasis.
The identity and collective memory of Kaliningraders in recent Polish studies
... Brodskiego i “Nowa pocztówka z miasta K” Tomasa Venclovy // Przekładaniec: pismo poświęcone przekładom i nie tylko. 2015. № 30. S. 152—165.
5. Lewandowska I. Warmia and Masuria — Kaliningrad oblast — Klaipėda region. Three instead of one (East Prussia) // Region and Regionalism. Łódź ; Opole, 2009. № 9, vol. 1 : Historical regions divided by the borders. General problems and regional issue. P. 241—248.
6. Romanowska E. Das Kaliningrader Gebiet aus der Perspektive Polens. Vergangenheit,...
Reviews Rev.: Kretinin G. V. Chronicle of the Victory in East Prussia, 1944—1945
1. Василевский А. М. Восточно-Прусская операция // Военно-исторический журнал. 1969. № 3. С. 35—55.
2. Галицкий К. Н. В боях за Восточную Пруссию. М., 1970.
3. Егоров В. Г., Кретинин Г. В. Гумбинненская (1944) фронтовая и Восточно-Прусская (1945) стратегическая наступательные операции // Северо-Запад России в годы Великой Отечественной войны. 1941—1945. СПб., 2005. С. 290—313.
4. Кретинин Г. В. Летопись Победы в Восточной Пруссии, 1944—1945. Калининград, 2020.
Preaching activity of Ludwig Ernst Borowski, a Königsberg pastor, during the Napoleonic wars (1806—1816)
... idiosyncrasies of his literary style are emphasized. The main themes and subjects of pastor Borowski's sermons are vcarefully examined. The author emphasizes the significance of Borowski's personality for the intellectual and political life of Königsberg and East Prussia at the beginning of the 19th century.
1. Кретинин Г. В., Брюшинкин В. Н., Гальцов В. И. Очерки истории Восточной Пруссии. Калининград, 2002.
2. Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung ...
Redeployment of the 3rd Belorussian front troops on the eve of the Samland Offensive of 1945
This article describes the final stage of the East-Prussian Offensive of 1945. Particular attention is paid to the problem of redeployment of the 3rd Belorussian Front forces to create the necessary conditions for defeating the enemy during the Battle of Königsberg and the follow-on front mission on the Samland peninsula.
1. Белобородов А. П. Всегда в строю. М., 1984.
2. Васильев А. В. Перегруппировка войск фронта // Центральный архив министерства обороны. Ф. 241 (Оперативное управление штаба 3-го...
Tourist excursions and the formation of historical memory of Kaliningraders in 1964—1975
... certain pages of local history, which were included in thematic excursions for residents and guests of the region. In their excursions, tourist guides of that period paid a particular attention to the victorious military operations of the Red Army in East Prussia in 1945. During their tourist trips to Russian cities and the Baltic republics, Kaliningraders learned the history of the revolutionary movement there, the history of Second World War, and visited landmarks of different epochs.
1. Государственный ...
Mary Crawford Fraser and Alice Mabel Bacon on the Japanese society of the late 19th/early 20th century
... diplomatist’s wife in Japan: letters fr om home to home. L., 1899. Vol. 1, 2.
7. Fraser H. The customs of the country: Tales of new Japan. L., 1899.
8. Fraser H. The heart of the geisha. N. Y. ; L., 1908.
9. Fraser H. The slaking of the sword: Tales of the Far East. L., 1904.
10. Fraser H. The stolen emperor. N. Y., 1903.
11. Fraser H. The stolen prince, a legend of old Japan. N. Y., 1905.
12. Johnson L. L. Evangelists for Women’s Education: The ‘Civilizing Mission’ of Tsuda Umeko and Alice M. Bacon // ...
A triumph and tragedy of two generals
This article explores the contentious issue of the role of Russian generals in the Gumbinnen battle of 1914 and the operations of Russian army in East Prussia in 1914—1915. The relations of Generals Pavel Rennenkampf and Nikolai Yepanchin are analysed in the context of the military activities of Russian troops at the initial stage of the First World War.
1. Залесский К. А. Поход русской ...
The renaming campaign in Warmia and Masuria after World War II
... renaming campaign are analysed. It is concluded that these processes were quite dissimilar in Poland and the USSR, which is explained by different historical pasts and different approaches to solving the problem of ‘appropriating’ the space of former East Prussia by the authorities and communities of the Masurian district of the Olsztyn voivodeship in Poland and the Kaliningrad region in the RSFSR.
1. Бродерзен П. «Позови меня тихо по имени…»: Кампания переименований ...
Eduard Bschoff’s murals in Insterburg's Stadthalle (1936—1939)
The article gives an overview of German fine arts of the late 1930s as exemplified by the murals painted by a professor of the Königsberg Academy of Arts Eduard Bischoff in the East Prussian town of Insterburg. The themese of monumental paintings created a national socialism are considered in the context of the neo-classical style of the architectural style of adjacent buildings. Special attention is paid to describing and interpreting ...
Military sovkhozes of the Red Army in former East Prussia in 1945—1946
This paper focuses on the ensuring of food supply for the military personnel of the Red Army and the German population in the first post-war years. Emphasis is placed on the development of new agricultural structures - subsidiary farms, enterprises, and, later, military sovkhozes, which created the basis for the agricultural industry after the Soviet population of the Kaliningrad region.
1. Гордеев И. А. Военные совхозы и их роль в становлении социалистического сельского хозяйства Калининградской...
On the establishment of state borders and delimitation of marine areas of the Russian Federation in the Kaliningrad region zone
... the Russian marine area in the Kaliningrad region zone. The Polish border was established by the Soviet-Polish border agreement of 1945. It was of astronomical nature and did not take into account the earlier administrative and economic structure of East Prussia. Since 1993, representatives of the Kaliningrad region participated in the negotiation on the Russian-Lithuanian border. This border replicated the Lithuanian-German border of 1928 and was of orographic nature. The termination of negotiation on ...
Simon Dach in the history of Königsberg University
This article considers the literary career of the famous East Prussian poet Simon Dach in connection with the history of Koenigsberg University. With the support of the ruling house of the Electorate of Branderburg and Prussia, Dach managed to obtain the position of a professor of poetry at the university, with which both his work and life are closely connected. One of Dach’s university works is the poetic composition “Prussiarchus” dedicated to the centenary ...
Migrant as homo scientis: the epistemological aspect of reclamation of the Kaliningrad region
This article reconstructs the situation of total ignorance that the Soviet settlers faced when reclaiming the alien cultural space of former East Prussia. The author analyzes the settlers' cognitive activity of cultural assimilation of new territories, which became an everyday routine and vital necessity.
1. А ну-ка, подумай! // Калининградский комсомолец (далее ...
On the results of the battle of Gumbinnen: once again about W. Churchill’s assessment of the victory of Russian army in Eastern Prussia on August 20, 1914
1. Дементьев И. О. Черчилль о Гумбиннене: к истории одной цитаты //Вестник Балтийского федерального университета им. И. Канта. 2011. Вып. 12.
2. Кретинин Г. В. Август четырнадцатого // Очерки истории Восточной Пруссии / Г. В. Кретинин [и др.]. Калининград, 2002.
3. Кретинин Г. В. Неизвестная война // Запад России. 1994. № 1 (9).
4. Кретинин Г. В. Неизвестная война (окончание) // Запад России. 1994. № 4 (12).
5. Кретинин Г. В. Август четырнадцатого. Сражения на полях Восточной Пруссии // Восточная...
Baroque music: the aesthetic and social ideals
... the evolution of aesthetic ideals of baroque as the reflection of changes that took place in social consciousness. The author formulates the content standards of aesthetic ideal of baroque music and focuses on the history of spread of baroque music in East Prussia in the 17th century.
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Галилей: наука и искусство. У истоков классической науки. М., 1968.
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Культура Италии в эпоху Возрождения....
Migration processes in the Kaliningrad region, Klaipeda region, Warmia and Mazuria in 1945—1950: a comparative study
The change in borders as a result of World War II spawned massive displacements of millions of people that affected East Prussia, ceded to the USSR and Poland. The article examines the migration processes caused by these changes in the territory of the former German province, i. e. in the Kaliningrad region of the RSFSR, the Klaipeda region of the Lithuanian SSR and the ...
Baltic Studies in 2017
... exclave under transport and logistics blockade, the Kaliningrad region is increasingly seeking new areas and forms of cooperation with St. Petersburg. In this study, I consider the historical connections between the Kaliningrad region (once, part of East Prussia) and Saint Petersburg in terms of infrastructure, logistics, marketing, production, human resources, recreation, research, and education. I place emphasis on the dependence of the Kaliningrad region on Russia’s ‘hub’ in the Baltic. With ...
The Factors, Formats, and Avenues of Cooperation between St. Petersburg and the Kaliningrad Region in Today’s Eurasian Geo-Economic Context
... exclave under transport and logistics blockade, the Kaliningrad region is increasingly seeking new areas and forms of cooperation with St. Petersburg. In this study, I consider the historical connections between the Kaliningrad region (once, part of East Prussia) and Saint Petersburg in terms of infrastructure, logistics, marketing, production, human resources, recreation, research, and education. I place emphasis on the dependence of the Kaliningrad region on Russia’s ‘hub’ in the Baltic. With ...
Climate variability in the dynamics of seasonal development of plants in the South-East Baltic
This article follows the dynamics of the hydrothermal climate indicators in the Kaliningrad region over a 30-year period. The authors examine the variability of plants indicating phonological events in the regions. Changes in the blossom period of such plants in spring 2012 are compared to the data of 1893 (based on Der Frühlingseinzug report by the Prussian botanical society, 1893). Finally, conclusions are made regarding the impact of climate change on the seasonal development of plants.
1. Баринова...
The Vilnius issue in international relations: the historiography of the problem
... 1920 g. [Violated the neutrality of whether Lithuania in the Soviet-Polish war? Documents and materials of the Polish-Lithuanian negotiations in 1920], Baltijskie issledovanija. Vostochnaja Prussija i Kaliningradskaja oblast' v XX veke [Baltic Studies. East Prussia and the Kaliningrad region in the XX century], no. 5, p. 5—23.
39. Kasparavichius, A. 2004, Sovetskaja diplomatija i pol'sko-litovskij konflikt, 1925—1935 gg. [Soviet diplomacy and the Polish-Lithuanian conflict, 1925—1935], Sovetsko-pol'skie ...
Chapters of the institutional economic history of Königsberg/Kaliningrad
This article consists of a series of short essays dedicated to a certain period of the 'popular' socioeconomic history (with a particular focus on the institutional development problems) of the former East Prussia from Antiquity to present days. The authors tackle the issues of the economic history of amber, the role of the Hansa League in the development of medieval trade, the QWERTY-effects in the rail gauge standards, and the peculiarities of the development ...
