Recently, Poland officially decided to change the Polish name of Russia's Galinenrad to Crulevitz, which is the Polish translation of the German name "Konisburg".This aroused strong dissatisfaction with Russia.Moscow even regards the decision by the Standardization Committee of the Polish Republic abroad as a hostile act.The Kremlin spokesman Peskov responded on the 10th local time, attacking Poland's decision "almost crazy", and he said: "Poland sometimes falls crazy due to hatred for Russians."
In fact, Poland's choice to announce this decision on the day of the Soviet Union's victory day on May 9 should be intentional.In Poland, it is difficult to find someone to think about whether this approach will cause harm to Russia.After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, Poland unswervingly support Ukraine, which shows Poland's distinctive attitude.A series of recent decisions in Poland, such as the remote monument left by the Soviet Union and sorting the place names, are emphasizing important symbolic significance.Russia's response to Poland's renaming incident shows their ignorance of history.Poland's decision is not unprecedented, there is a strong historical background behind it.
First of all, this flying land in Russia is located on the south bank of the Baltic Sea and borders Poland and Lithuania. It has been sealed in Poland 200 years.In the 15th century, this area is called Konisburg, German K? Nigsberg (Mountain of Kings), Polish Królewiec (City of Kings).The Soviet Union named it Kaliningrad, in 1946 to commemorate the early revolutionary leader and Stalin's Mihajil Garrine.In fact, the Polish generally knew the name of Galinin, because in 1940, the Soviet Union ordered the command document of about 220,000 Polish officers in the Soviet Union, which was his signature.The Poland believes that the decision to change the name of this area should have been done long ago.
Secondly, Russia has also changed the name of the city's city, such as Stalinrad in 1961, renamed Volgagler., Lenin, Stalin, etc., and other Bolsheviks, "lost" their own city for political reasons.In addition, Russia's fourth largest city, Yakaterinaburg, was renamed Swel Delovsk in 1924 and resumed the old Yakaterinburg in 1991.
History has never forgotten the city of Russia. From 1930 to 1990, Teville was changed to Kalinen to commemorate Mikhail Garrin, where Kalinen and Galinrad were the same person.It is ridiculous that in 1990, the Russians themselves decided to change Garyena back to the old name Teville. I don't understand why Russian politicians and journalists today reminded Poland to be punished?
In fact, as long as you read more and study history, you will not find reasons to rewrite history.The Russians should also find that this war is so amazingly similar to other non -righteous war in history.This year, Russia used their own great powers to build a new generation of "Potemkin Village" (compiled: referring to false construction and facade).A "city of ruins" is increasingly like Stalingrad in 1943.It is foreseeable that if Ukraine's counterattack is successful recently, the Kremlin has to start looking for his own Marcus Junius Brutus (to compile: the person who assassinate Caesar, here refers to the perpetrator).
Author Piotr Karpiński is Polish, who has studied Chinese at Warsaw University and Beijing Normal University, engaged in Chinese translation
