How Königsberg became Kaliningrad

If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: How did German Königsberg become Soviet Kaliningrad? This video gives a detailed overview of the city’s history from 1945 to 1970 and discusses the ideologies behind it, the material problems and why certain, rather controversial decisions were made. Sources: - Brodersen, Per: Die Stadt im Westen. Wie Königsberg Kaliningrad wurde, Göttingen 2008. - Freeman, Jamie: From German Königsberg to Soviet Kaliningrad. Appropriating Place and Constructing Identity, Oxford & New York 2021. - Gal’cova, Svetlana: Die Geschichte des Kaliningrader Gebietes in der sowjetischen Forschung, in: Nordost-Archiv. Zeitschrift für Regionalgeschichte 3 (1994), H. 2, S. 495-506. - Hoppe, Bert: Auf den Trümmern von Königsberg. Kaliningrad 1946-1970, München 2000. - Kossert, Andreas: Damals in Ostpreußen. Der Untergang einer deutschen Provinz, München 2010. - Sezneva, Olga: Living in the Russian Present with a German Past. The Problems of Identity in the City of Kaliningrad, in: Crowley, David & Reid, Susan E. (Hg): Socialist Spaces. Sites of Everyday Life in Eastern Bloc, Oxford 2002, S. 47-64. - Smith, Mark B.: Khrushchev’s promise to eliminate the urban housing shortage. Rights, rationality and the communist future, in: Ilic, Melanie & Smith, Jeremy (Hg.): Soviet State and Society Under Nikita Khrushchev, London 2009. Music Used: Dvorak - Serenade for Strings Hallen - Die Toteninsel Sibelius - Cassazione Tchaikovsky - Valse Sentimentale Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:41 Königsberg in Ruins 2:57 A New History of East Prussia 4:48 First Architectural Plans 8:07 The Housing Problem 10:39 Monuments 12:13 The Fate of The Königsberg Castle 14:49 The Current Situation 15:43 Outro