OPEN LETTER/ Come to the dialogue and listen to me speak, otherwise I will cut off your scholarships, you will rot in prison. Please!

 Kliko këtu për të tjera
Voxpress:

Kaliningrad, the German city that became Russian. How Stalin took the port in the heart of Europe, today Putin's "bomb"

2022-04-24 17:31:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Kaliningrad, the German city that became Russian. How Stalin took the port in
Kaliningrad

 

Kaliningrad, the place where Russia holds nuclear weapons is a space in the heart of Europe.

Europe was recently shaken by the announcement of Dmitry Medvedev, one of Vladimir Putin's closest aides, where he said the country would install hypersonic missiles and nuclear weapons in the Kaliningrad enclave if Sweden and Finland join NATO.

But what exactly is the history of Russia and Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost territory, which the Kremlin has been using to scare Europe for years because of its proximity to Europe's largest cities?

Bashkimi Sovjetik ia mori Gjermanisë Kaliningradin në fund të Luftës së Dytë Botërore. Kaliningrad, Konigsberg i atëhershëm ishte pjesë e Gjermanisë së Hitlerit, dhe më parë Republika e Vajmarit dhe Mbretëria e Prusisë. Në mesin e shekullit të 18-të me luftën shtatëvjeçare, qyteti ishte nën pushtimin e Perandorisë Ruse, por shpejt u kthye në Prusi. Gjermania u detyrua të hiqte dorë nga pjesë të mëdha të vendit të saj në fund të Luftës së Dytë Botërore. Në Potsdam, Britania e Madhe dhe Shtetet e Bashkuara i dhanë pa diskutim këtë territor sovjetikëve, të cilët kishin pushtuar atje disa muaj më parë.

The Potsdam Conference was held in July and August 1945, shortly after Germany fell into the hands of Soviet, British and American forces. Stalin was determined to take revenge on East Germany, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Harry Truman agreed that Germany would lose part of its territory.

The German city became Russian, but why did Stalin need Kaliningrad? First of all, he got a port that will not be threatened by permanent ice. It was very important for the Soviet navy and trade. According to analysts, through Kaliningrad, the USSR got the perfect location to launch an attack or retreat. By controlling this city, the Soviets felt more secure.

At the Tehran Conference in 1943, Stalin said that Russia did not have a port on the Baltic Sea that could function year-round. "That's why we need part of East Prussia and the port of Koenigsberg, as well as Memel (now the Lithuanian city of Klapeida). He added that historically it is a Slavic country.

Kaliningrad, the German city that became Russian. How Stalin took the port in

What he wanted was to turn an all-German city into a Russian city like Kaliningrad today. Stalin attacked this area with an army of one and a half million soldiers. The Battle of Kaliningrad killed 25,000 civilians and drove out an extremely large number of Germans.

Before the war, the city numbered 375,000 people. He awaited the end of the war with less than 65,000 people. The remaining Germans, according to historical records, faced abuse and slavery in the following years.

Already in 1946, the city was renamed Kaliningrad and named after Mikhail Kalinin, an influential Bolshevik revolutionary who had an important place in the October Revolution and died earlier that year.

As important as it was to Stalin, Kaliningrad is now even more important to Putin, who now has a strategically important point in the city.

Kaliningrad, the German city that became Russian. How Stalin took the port in

Kremlini zyrtar dërgoi mesazhe se Kaliningrad do të ishte Hong Kongu rus, por nuk u bë kurrë i tillë. Në ato vite, Kaliningrad konsiderohej si një lloj ure për në Evropë, si pikë ku takohen lindja dhe perëndimi. Sot, ajo është vetëm baza kryesore e Flotës Ruse Baltike dhe vendi nga i cili Rusia kërcënon pjesën tjetër të Evropës. Përveç kësaj, askush nuk e do Kaliningradin përveç Rusisë. Polonia dhe Lituania kufizohen me rajonin e Kaliningradit, ata kurrë nuk e kërkuan atë territor. Gjermania nuk bëri të njëjtën gjë. Ajo shkoi aq larg sa hoqi dorë nga kërkesat e saj historike si pjesë e një traktati që e lejoi atë të ribashkohej. Kaliningradi i rimilitarizuar përbën një sfidë serioze dhe të gjerë jo vetëm për lojtarët rajonalë, por edhe për marrëdhëniet transatlantike.

Kaliningrad, the German city that became Russian. How Stalin took the port in

Tashmë që prej 2 muajsh Rusia ka pushtuar Ukrainën kjo zonë ka filluar të përmendet, kur bëhet fjalë për kërcënimet bërthamore. Mirëpo nuk është hera e parë që Kaliningrad përmendet në kuadër të armëve bërthamore, si dhe ushtrimeve ushtarake. Në vitin 2017, Rusia dhe Kina, për shembull, filluan stërvitjet e përbashkëta detare në Detin Baltik, në portin e Baltiysk, i cili është pjesë e kësaj enklavë, që ishte hera e parë që anijet luftarake kineze vizituan Baltikun.

A year ago, Russia had deployed the S-400 missile defense system and the Iskander ballistic missiles. It was a move by Moscow in response to the US missile defense plan in Eastern Europe. Iskander is a missile that can hold a nuclear warhead. Its official range is 500 kilometers, but some Western military experts believe it is much larger in reality.

Galeria fotografike (
)


Në përputhje me standarded JTI

Video

SHIKO KANALIN NE YOUTUBE
×