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To: dfwgator
Kaliningrad is Russian for “Danzig.” (And yes, I know the real German name for it is “ Königsberg”)

Danzig is German for the Polish, Gdansk, not Kaliningrad.

Konigsberg = Kaliningrad. Correct.

FReegards!


15 posted on 10/02/2013 11:37:22 AM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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To: Agamemnon; dfwgator

Read thou 20th century history of Danzig. In that regard, (historical parallels) Kaliningrad IS Russian for Gdansk. Beside that, it had never, prior to the Yalta surrender by the West, been part of Russia. During the last months of WWII this historical city was completely destroyed by the Soviets, and was not rebuilt for decades afterwards, its remaining citizens, Poles, Lithuanians and Germans prevented from leaving it.


18 posted on 10/02/2013 1:12:46 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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