2010 Issue №12

This article delves into the etymology of the names of the Dnieper rapids of the Ros origin mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogennetos. The author reveals the similarity between these names and the Baltic toponymy.

This article focuses on the transitions of power from the military bodies to the civil ones at the stage of the postwar restoration of the Kaliningrad region.

The article characterises the first stage of the urban development in Kaliningrad and the region and draws attention to the specific features that led to the procrastination of restoration.