Against the background of the war in Ukraine, there is a new battlefield between Moscow and Warsaw: it is the exclave of Kaliningrad, which the Poles will henceforth…
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There is a new battlefield in between Fly And Warsawagainst the background of the war in Ukraine: is the exclave of Kaliningradwhich Poles will henceforth use the old name in their mother tongue Krolewiec. Amid protests from the Kremlin, which spoke of a “decision bordering on insane” and called it “a hostile act”.
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The initiative came from the Polish toponym commission, which suggested the authorities stop using the “imposed name” Kaliningrad for the geographically Polish-owned area bordering Lithuania, but which came under the control of the Union Soviets after World War II. The proposal has been implemented by the regional authorities and the Warsaw government, and the name of Kaliningrad will disappear from maps and official documents.
What will the new name be and what does it mean?
In its place is Krolewiec, the Polish translation of Königsberg, the German name of the Prussian era. The city was renamed Kaliningrad by the Soviets in honor of Mikhail Kalinin, one of the leaders of the Bolshevik revolution: a deep wound for Warsaw, which remembered him as “partly responsible” for the massacre of Polish officers ordered by Stalin in Katyn in 1940 Minister Waldemar to Buda.
The Kremlin’s reaction
However, the fight against the “Russification of Poland” is also an opportunity to further distance oneself from Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin’s reaction was not long in coming. “Poland has sunk into a madness over the centuries, fueled by its hatred of the Russians, which has brought them no good,” warned Dmitry Peskov. Kaliningrad is a strategically important region for the Russians, since the Baltic Sea fleet is stationed here in the port of Baltiysk. And whoever touches it, even if it only changes its name, is considered an enemy.
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