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On the Meaning of East Prussia for Contemporary Kaliningradians
No full textThe article focuses on the role of the specificity related to East Prussia and its past in the current selfconsciousnessof the population of Kaliningrad Oblast and in the future strategies of the said territoryof Russia. The author questions both the impact of the above mentioned specificity on the formation ofuniqueness of Kaliningrad people in the context of other Russian territories and the existence of a specialKaliningradian identity. To his mind, for the population of Kaliningrad, East Prussia is a multidimensionalsymbol that provokes different social-cultural phenomena and simultaneously is used in order totrigger, maintain, and enhance the phenomena.KEY WORDS: East Prussia, Kaliningrad Oblast, images of East Prussia, cultural heritage of East Prussia,Kaliningradian identity. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v24i0.29
LITHUANIA VS KALININGRAD/PRUSSIA: AN EVERLASTING FOUNDING DUEL?
No full textThe article aims at understanding the long-lasting rhetorical and territorial conflict between East Prussia and Lithuania throughout history. Considering the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast' to be the geopolitical heir of East Prussia, the author points out the continuity between German Prussian vs Lithuanian enmity and present day Russian Kaliningrad vs Lithuanian opposition. He comes to the conclusion that Prussia-Kaliningrad and Lithuania are to some extent “twin” entities whose rivalry and opposition are at the very source of their regional and national identity and historical development
LITHUANIA VS KALININGRAD/PRUSSIA: AN EVERLASTING FOUNDING DUEL?
No full textThe article aims at understanding the long-lasting rhetorical and territorial conflict between East Prussia and Lithuania throughout history. Considering the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast' to be the geopolitical heir of East Prussia, the author points out the continuity between German Prussian vs Lithuanian enmity and present day Russian Kaliningrad vs Lithuanian opposition. He comes to the conclusion that Prussia-Kaliningrad and Lithuania are to some extent “twin” entities whose rivalry and opposition are at the very source of their regional and national identity and historical development
Military instruction from the late King of Prussia to his generals. [electronic resource] : (illustrated with plates.) To which is added, (by the same author) particular instruction to the officers of his army, and especially those of the cavalry. Translated from the French, by Lieut. Foster, 1st (or Royal) Dragoons.
No full text'Particular instruction of the King of Prussia to the officers of his army' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.The final two leaves contain 'Contents of the second treatise' and errata.Dedication dated: March, 1797.With a list of subscribers.The first four leaves have horizontal chain lines.Price from imprint: Price 7s. 6d.Sep. tp to 'Particular instruction ...' reported by ESTC/NAElectronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
The provincial Landtag in Silesia (1824–1848) compared with other similar institutions in Prussia
Get PDFThe author presents the evolution of the authority established in Prussia in 1824, within the polity boundaries of the country, following the defeat suffered by Prussia in the war with Napoleon. The presentation of Landtag which was functioning in Silesia is the starting point to make a comparison between this institution and others which were established on the parallel basis in other Prussian provinces. Differences and similarities between them are shown
Image of East Prussia and Its Residents in the First Post-War Years Official Soviet Papers
No full textThe article intends to establish which images of East Prussia and its local population were maintainedand what kind of relations with the “German heritage” was formed in the documents of the official militaryand civil authorities in Kaliningrad Oblast in the period of 1945 to 1950. The question of the impactof the cultural uniqueness of East Prussia made on the official propaganda-supported approach to EastPrussia and the local population is raised. The author demonstrates that the said approch did not alwayscoincide with the approach that was forming due to the daily social interaction between the newcomersand the old “German” residents with their cultural heritage.KEY WORDS: East Prussia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Soviet propaganda, East Prussian Germans, East Prussiaimages. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ahuk.v24i0.28
Military Contacts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Duchy of Prussia in the First Years of the Livonian War (1600-1602)
Get PDFThe author discusses Polish-Prussian alliance and conflicts caused by the war with Sweden over Estonia and Livonia. The subject of the article is the first period of the war (1600-1602). The Polish-Lithuanian forces acted without a proper financial preparation that forced the King to seek help in the Duchy of Prussia. Financial arrears also prompted the commanders of individual Polish troops to request or extort supply in Prussia. The author analyses the following areas of Polish-Prussian military contacts: official financial and military aid provided at the request of the King and dignitaries of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and unofficial extortion of supplies by Polish soldiers. The article also shows the mechanisms of gradual increase in Polish requirements and ways of meeting them by Prussia
A. de La Motraye's Travels through Europe, Asia, and into parts of Africa; with proper cutts and maps. Containing a great variety of geographical, topographical, and political observations on those parts of the world ... A curious collection of things particularly rare, both in nature and antiquity; such as remains of antient cities and colonies, inscriptions, idols, medals, minerals, [&]c. With an historical account of the most considerable events which happen'd during the space of above 25 years ... and ... all the chief transactions of the senate and states of Sweden, [&]c. ...
No full textMany plates signed: Wm. Hogarth, sculp.According to the Lowndes the author's Travels in Prussia, Russia and Poland, 1732, formed v. 3 of this work.Translated from the French manuscript. In 1732 the author published his own English translation.Mode of access: Internet
False Coins of the Teutonic Order State in Prussia in the currency of South-Rus Lands of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy
Get PDFСтаттяIn this article author say about false Coins of the Teutonic Order State in Prussia in the currency of South-Rus Lands of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy. We may state that among South-Rus lands of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy, especially South-Eastern Volyn, the coins of the Teutonic Order in Prussia were circulated and were familiar to the local people as well as their imitations. Described metric characteristics and metal content of the false coins
Die symbolische Aneignung historischer Räume im östlichen Preußen. Nationale und regionale Strategien | The Symbolic Appropriation of Historical Spaces in East Prussia: National and Regional Strategies
No full textThe paper discusses different appropriation strategies applied to the same historical region of East Prussia. By dating the beginning of the symbolic appropriation to the early 19th century, the author reviews the strategies, first applied by Germans and Poles, and later also by Lithuanians and Russians, to make East Prussia or their respective part (Warmia and Masuria, Lithuania Minor, and the Kaliningrad Oblast) their own. This is demonstrated by several periods, starting with the situation before 1914, the First World War, the interwar period, and the Second World War, when East Prussia still existed; and finishing with the postwar period and the changes after 1989. A distinction is made between national and regional East Prussia appropriation strategies, as well as different levels of the process, i.e. publicistic (literary) and practical
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