Königsberg
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noun
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Previously known as Królewiec by Poles and Königsberg by Germans, it was renamed Kaliningrad by the Soviets after Mikhail Kalinin, one of the leaders of the Bolshevik revolution.
From BBC ● May 10, 2023
Despite a raging world war, in 1944, my mother was sent to finishing school in Königsberg, until that August when she escaped Britain's fiery bombing of the city under a wet blanket.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2021
The Karlsruhe steamer set sail from Königsberg in 1945 with a heavy cargo before Soviet warplanes sank it off the coast of Poland.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2020
In 1945, she took part in the Battle of Königsberg, then Germany’s easternmost city, a fortress bristling with artillery.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2020
I was actually from Tilsit, just northeast of Königsberg.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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