Koněva deprived Prague of honorary citizenship “for effect”, said the marshal’s daughter
On Monday, Prague councilors unanimously decided that Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev would no longer be an honorary citizen of Prague. Konev’s daughter Natalia reacted immediately. AGAINST Conversation Moscow said for the Russian radio station She Speaks that it is not possible to disparage the merits of Soviet soldiers.
According to Koněvová, Prague made the decision only “for effect”. It has also added many Western democracies that conflict. “Those who are at the forefront of many of our democracies are responsible for the political struggle. “Those democracies that were able to move towards their freedom thanks to the sacrifices that our nation and our state have brought,” she said.
Marshal Ivan Konev
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.
She also said that access to the Soviet marshal had been good in the past. “I remember that because I was with my father in Czechoslovakia and in Prague more than once,” she said.
In an interview with Hovari Moskva, the woman described the Prague Uprising in May 1945. “Our army has done everything. The decision was made very quickly. She literally jumped the Ore Mountains to help Prague, “she said. He also criticizes the fact that the Prague deputies decided to take away their citizenship on May 9, the anniversary of the end of the Prague Uprising.
In the interview, Koněvová also mentioned the painting of the Soviet tank in pink and the removal of the statue of the marshal from the Interbrigade Square in Bubeneč. “This decision is just a continuation of a chain of events that are clearly colored by political motives,” she said. “There was no need to humiliate people who risked their lives to liberate a large area of Europe from fascism,” she added.
Natalia Koněvová also said in an interview that she is ready to discuss this topic. She added that “no one can hide the truth”.
The Prague councilors decided yesterday that Soviet Marshal Ivan Koněv (1897–1973) would no longer be an honorary citizen of Prague, who he had been since June 1945. The reason is some of his problematic actions, such as the bombing of Mladá Boleslav after the war or his contribution to the suppression of protests in Hungary in 1956. The revocation of citizenship has yet to be discussed by city councilors, who will have the final say.
The mayor of the capital, Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), came up with this proposal. He said that over time, it turned out that Konev said he was not an honest man. “That’s why he can’t be an honorary citizen,” he said.
On the other hand, the withdrawal of citizenship is criticized by the chairman of the YES opposition representatives, Ondřej Prokop. He called the decision a hysterical attempt to rewrite history.