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Kaliningrad as the bridge between past and present, between East and West

Wed, 2005-12-14 10:22 categories: Articles
Authors: Jakub Swiecicki

Instead of a prologue

 “Forgive me, the city, that I did not love you for a long time. But how could I love you among the ruins and broken bricks… I was flesh of the flesh of those soldiers who took your fortresses by storm. Could I cry over your ruins, when my native city in the Pskov county was wiped off the face of the earth? I came to you, my city, not by my own free will. I was sent to the shipyard, where the working day ended in the working night, and I had no energy enough to stroll along your deserted streets. You have no right to take offence with me.

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EU-enlargement in the Baltic Sea Region: Including Kaliningrad in the Region’s New Dynamism

2003-08-10 (Submitted: Sat, 2003-08-09 21:00) categories: Publications
Authors:Jakub Swiecicki

The issue was published in August 2003 ISBN 5-902547-024 This publication was prepared by the EastWest Institute with the support of the Office of the Russian Federation President’s Envoy to the North-Western Federal District and the Kaliningrad Regional Development Agency.


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