Marshal Konev may lose his honorary citizenship. The management of Prague wants to take it away from him iROZHLAS
Prague is about to take away honorary citizenship from Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev (1897 to 1973). The reason is some of his problematic actions, such as the bombing of Mladá Boleslav after the war or his part in suppressing protests in Hungary in 1956. This follows from a document submitted by Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates) to councilors on Monday. If the plan is approved, it must still be discussed by city councilors.
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Konev was a Russian military leader and a Soviet marshal. At the end of the Second World War, Prague, parts of Poland, Silesia and Saxony were threatened with liberation. He also led the bloody suppression of the uprising in Hungary and worked in Berlin during the construction of the Berlin Wall.
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He became an honorary citizen of the capital on June 6, 1945. “The act of granting honorary citizenship must be seen in the context of the future. With regard to the further historical development of Czechoslovakia, which from an ideological point of view in the grounds of its proposal.
Among them, for example, was that the army led by Koněv came to Prague only after an agreement was reached between the Prague insurgents and the leadership of the German Nazi garrison on leaving the city.
Another, according to the mayor, is that Koněv decided to bomb Mladá Boleslav on May 9, 1945, the day after the end of the war. “148 locals died here, including children. Mladá Boleslav has thus become another tragic symbol of the Soviet bombing, “writes Hřib.
Bloody suppression of the uprising
According to the mayor, the marshal’s work elsewhere in Europe is also problematic. This requires a bloody suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, when thousands of Hungarian civilians died. He served as commander in Berlin from 1961 to 1962 during the so-called Second Berlin Crisis, which culminated in the construction of the Berlin Wall.
“He advocated strong ideological ones, for example, he did not agree with Nikita Khrushchev’s decision to criticize Stalin’s crimes and to condemn the cult of his personality. In response to democratization efforts, he also intended to intervene militarily in Poland in October 1956, “said Hřib.
The municipality and some town halls have been dealing with the figure of Marshal Konev and his life in the last few years. Last April, Prague 6 had its statue removed from Interbrigády Square in Bubeneč, and the Žižkov City Hall again wants to rename Koněvova Street after the first mayor of Žižkov, Karel Hartig.
In connection with the current war in Ukraine, Prague recently renamed part of Korunovační Street near the Russian Embassy in Prague 6 to be Ukrainian Heroes.
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