The abandoned Soviet palace that people love to hate - BBC REEL

A German city before World War Two and geographically disconnected from the rest of Russia, Kaliningrad remains a mystery to many mainland Russians and their European neighbours.
How does a 50-year-old unfinished building help explain the complicated history of the city and inspire the restoration of other nearby ruins?
Video by Irina Sedunova
Produced by Anna Bressanin
#bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews

[@BBC_Global]

Hello! There are English subtitles available for this video, and they can be switched on using the subtitle/captions button on the video.

[@cdl0]

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[@julianshepherd2038]

I've already watched it so I won't bother

[@usedtruckemporiumusedtruck4166]

They don't work, they dont appear even when turned "on".

[@arekarek1991]

Prussians were not always Germans ! That land was occupied by Germans since Polish kind of invited them to fight against pagans. Dear BBC, you are against true like all British !

[@kutter_ttl6786]

It's good that there are people like Vasiliy and Anastasia who are willing to be the caretakers of Kaliningrad's history. Much respect for them and others like them.

[@toi_techno]

It's time the Russians were kicked out of Königsberg. We can't have these colonial thugs and murders living amongst civilised people.

[@GruenerGummistiefel]

Thank you to Vasily and Anastasia

[@brooklynforge4591]

good too see people respecting the german history of the land they took over after they war. Instead of it being forgotten like the soviet government tried to do.

[@gate7clamp]

@@brooklynforge4591 glad their protecting it here in America no one wants to volunteer and help persevere local historical sites they just vandalize it

[@daniels123456]

Königsberg was preceded by a Sambian (Old Prussian tribe) fort called Twangste (Prussian word tvinksta means a pond made by a dam).[21] During the conquest of the Sambians by the Teutonic Knights in 1255, Twangste was destroyed and replaced by a new fortress named Königsberg in the honor of Bohemian king Ottokar II.

[@SlavicCoffee]

Those old bricks in the hallway look like they are the original old bricks from the castle.. ( that was common to reuse old German brick due to lack of funding. building. And overall materials. )

[@kugul1683]

I really hope they preserve the remaining buildings and also get support from the government!

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

Why? Communism is a death cult.

[@NatBKiev]

Their government too busy with killing Ukrainians

[@ed.mil.5029]

Jeezzz, how ugly this once beautiful city became... very sad.

[@edwardcicco7406]

Demolition work of the soviet Palace began on May 18 , 2023 ...

[@SJR_Media_Group]

The Soviets really 'pushed' Engineering and Architecture. Many examples of successful projects completed. This building, had it been completed and occupied had many cutting edge features. Every unit had a view, lots of natural sunlight, fresh air, and great location. The breakup of Soviet Union caused many projects like this to be abandoned. For every great design, there were others not so good. The joke about the 'Soviet Look' for government, business, and residential buildings came from use of concrete. Some of those 'jokes' are still standing and will last another 500 years. 'Ugly' is in the eye of the beholder. Agree, no one gets why Kaliningrad. It looks and feels German, not Russian. They better get busy and put gold Onion Dome Roofs on top of more buildings. Nothing says 'Russian' like a gold onion dome.

[@rossinvictus]

Try to understand a simple thing. The USSR was not Russia. Russia had magnificent architecture. Unfortunately, many valuable buildings were destroyed by the communists and Germans. Many German cities were destroyed by the British and Americans

[@jamie.777]

You mean soviets pushed building the cheapest, most crappy buildings. Commies are so sad

[@arnoldroy4072]

Hahah....well said my friend

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Thanks for comment. @@arnoldroy4072

[@kingjoe3rd]

The only people these days that are in love with and that romanticize the Soviets are the British, for some reason, but they've always had a fetish for the exotic.

[@tschibasch]

Very interesting video. Thank you! I am impressed that young Russians are taking an interest in the place and doing what they can to restore some of it. It was, a long time ago, an amazing city. But the horrors and stupidity of war changed all of that and only a little history was left.

[@2ndfloorsongs]

Oh, cool, I've just learned how to switch subtitles on... It would probably be a good idea to mention this at the beginning as the first time I clulessly watched the whole thing without subtitles. But it wasn't that bad. The sound of the Russian language mixing with the view... very atmospheric. (And no subtitles to distract from the images.)

[@mrberryman]

and me!

[@joemaloney1019]

It would be good if Konigsberg would become an open city allowing Russiahs, Prussians, Polish and Baltic people to live there. To rebuild the city to its former glorious, it was a very beautiful city.

[@ianstrong3588]

It isn’t St. Petersburg and belongs to the Russians. It’ll never be a beautiful city again. Heartbreaking to see historic buildings demolished only to erect these monstrosities.

[@toi_techno]

It's time the Russians were kicked out of Königsberg. We can't have these colonial thugs and murders living amongst civilised people.

[@avtoera]

Konigsberg is Germany!

[@mercilyngono8955]

As long as Russia illegally occupies Konigsberg, this will not happen.

[@Otto_M]

​@@avtoeraты много хочешь! Да и не забывайте про уголовную статью в России. УК РФ Статья 280.1. Публичные призывы к осуществлению действий, направленных на нарушение территориальной целостности Российской Федерации (введена Федеральным законом от 28.12.2013 N 433-ФЗ) 1. Публичные призывы к осуществлению действий, направленных на нарушение территориальной целостности Российской Федерации, совершенные лицом после его привлечения к административной ответственности за аналогичное деяние в течение одного года, - (в ред. Федерального закона от 08.12.2020 N 425-ФЗ) (см. текст в предыдущей редакции) наказываются штрафом в размере от двухсот тысяч до четырехсот тысяч рублей или в размере заработной платы или иного дохода осужденного за период от одного года до двух лет, либо принудительными работами на срок до трех лет, либо арестом на срок от четырех до шести месяцев, либо лишением свободы на срок до четырех лет с лишением права занимать определенные должности или заниматься определенной деятельностью на тот же срок. (в ред. Федеральных законов от 21.07.2014 N 274-ФЗ, от 08.12.2020 N 425-ФЗ) (см. текст в предыдущей редакции) 2. Те же деяния, совершенные с использованием средств массовой информации либо электронных или информационно-телекоммуникационных сетей (включая сеть "Интернет"), - наказываются обязательными работами на срок до четырехсот восьмидесяти часов с лишением права занимать определенные должности или заниматься определенной деятельностью на срок до трех лет либо лишением свободы на срок до пяти лет с лишением права занимать определенные должности или заниматься определенной деятельностью на срок до трех лет. (часть 2 в ред. Федерального закона от 21.07.2014 N 274-ФЗ) (см. текст в предыдущей редакции)

[@paolomesseca8679]

a soviet version of the typological folly that hit architecture and architects during the seventies ( we have here in Italy some "good" examples in Milan and Naples)

[@Game_Hero]

with some ethnic cleansing urges in the mix.

[@TheLaXandro]

Brutalism is pretty cool though. But despite its appearances it has to be maintained, just like any other buildings, and that's often not done so they fall into disrepair and become eyesores.

[@Kyle-il9ye]

Always wondered what was there! Interesting stuff.

[@antonkohl7343]

The background music is far too loud

[@intel386DX]

So sad that it is never used .

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

It's interesting that the Russian population has adopted the German buildings. Even had reenactments of the Teutonic knights. The German population was a colonial settlement in Baltic people's lands so maybe it's the fate of the place the southern part was awarded to Poland and populated with Poles from Belarus

[@toi_techno]

It's time the Russians were kicked out of Königsberg. We can't have these colonial thugs and murders living amongst civilised people.

[@boilingwateronthestove]

I mean, it is quite logical artistically speaking. The old German buildings are quite nice to look at compared to the brutalistic emotionless Soviet buildings. The German buildings have a certain charm to it in terms of art, while the Soviet buildings are just meant to be usable.

[@Acidlib]

@@boilingwateronthestovewhile they have their place, I will agree that the Soviet style apartment blocks leave a lot to be desired aesthetically, but The House of Soviets might just be one of the most visually interesting buildings I have ever seen.

[@TheLaXandro]

@@boilingwateronthestove the fun thing about Kaliningrad is that while the House of Soviets is still looming over the city, you won't notice the regular standardized commieblocks. They weren't demolished or anything, just prettied up to suit the old architecture and diversify from each other, and end up rather soulful in their own right. Nobody else in Russia does this.

[@brettonwoods9856]

The original inhabitants are long gone; assimilated or exiled. Sami people, among other identities, I believe.

[@edgarpina2665]

Came for the brutalism and stayed for the fascinating story. Also surprised by some of the lazzy ppl complaining and winning about translations and subtitles, grow up!

[@fresquez]

Same!

[@benjaminkurilla3943]

It is now being demolished. Finally.

[@thebob95035]

The background music is louder than the dialog in most places. Is this a KZbin issue?

[@lokesh303101]

Better Sell it for Real Estate as they do renovate the Building for Hotels and OfficeSpaces and Restaurants for Resale.

[@fr2ncm9]

If you want to hear the translation, click on the CC tab

[@KPZivot]

Till now I don't know this place

[@viznut]

I'm delighted that the video uses subtitles instead of an annoying English voiceover. That kind of abomination is still far too common among Anglophone media companies.

[@TBfilms657]

Does anyone know what the name of the Prussian door Instagram is?

[@davidhumphrey1558]

I remember the first time I saw a church in ruins in Berlin, I could feel the impact of the bomb. It was in the night, And I never saw anything like it before. Never forget.

[@chrislanejones]

I really hope they keep the House of Russia, and keep making those cool shirts too.

[@brettonwoods9856]

No point really. It's not fit for purpose. Detractors see it as a monument representing the failure of Soviet Socialism. If you like this style of building, you will also like the Russian Embassy in Cuba.

[@krackerlife5124]

They already demolished it

[@2packs4sure]

I'm gonna turn the subtitles on. I'm only 30 seconds in but damn,,,, you got her way buried in the mix and she's talking way too fast...

[@Crewger16]

Wait? That looks like the thing I built in Minecraft!

[@ShamileII]

It would have been nice to have an English translation for all the dialog.

[@bbenjoe]

Turn on the subtitles. ;)

[@beringei1013]

Apparently they don’t need to go far to see the building but by the time they get there it dark, we can’t even trust the news reporters😂

[@zynjnn277]

Hay Yaa'z.... I want a t-shirt. Any shop info?

[@fresquez]

Same!

[@hinnantp]

Adopted our Son in Kaliningrad in 1999. This brings back so many memories.

[@JamesVaughan]

Just seeing all the Soviet brutalist architecture in Kaliningrad would discourage many tourists from ever wanting to visit there...especially when there are beautiful Baltic cities nearby like Gdansk (the former Danzig), Klaipeda (the former Memel), Kaunas, Vilnius, and Riga...so much of old Königsberg could have been saved if the Soviets had not been so impatient to eradicate all traces of German culture in the region...Dresden was also nearly decimated during the war, but look at it now! Much of it has been restored and rebuilt to its prewar appearance, showing what can be done when both the motivation and the funds exist. When looking at photographs of the prewar Königsberg and comparing them with the way "Kaliningrad" looks today, one can only be depressed. It's a shame Soviet architecture had to be so damned UGLY.

[@gigteevee6118]

Audio mix is a mess, ruining otherwise great content.

[@Andrew25Davies]

Yes it's harder to hear the speech, which is a shame for a Russian language learner.

[@b_uppy]

English subtitles would be nice, otherwise what is the point of posting as a BBC Reel??? If you turn on CC, it does translate.

[@peter_meyer]

There are english subtitles. You have to switch them on, though.

[@b_uppy]

@@peter_meyer Youre thinking of 'closed captioning', which is different. This guy speaks for quite a while yet we've no idea what he's saying. I'd have liked to have known what he said...

[@invisi.]

my guy have no clue what your problem is the english cc’s work absolutely fine in translating what the man says

[@choncord]

What's the difference between closed captions and subtitles??? Prat

[@b_uppy]

Subtitle (from The Free Dictionary): A printed translation of foreign-language dialogue shown at the bottom of the screen, as in a film or a television broadcast. Closed Caption (from Wikipedia): HTML5 defines subtitles as a "transcription or translation of the dialogue when sound is available but not understood" by the viewer (for example, dialogue in a foreign language) and captions as a "transcription or translation of the dialogue, sound effects, relevant musical cues, and other relevant audio information when sound is unavailable or not clearly audible" (for example, when audio is muted or the viewer is deaf or hard of hearing).[1] It's YT that needs to change it's titling. Furthermore it took 20-30 seconds before it kicked in after I turned it on. Your comment reflects on you 'prat'...

[@madzen112]

I think it looks great tbh

[@Stulidupka]

Why in the description of history completely omitted the Polish period?

[@fresquez]

Anyone know what is her doors of East Prussia Instagram account?

[@tobiwan001]

Königsberg was not just any German city. It was the historic home of the Prussians, the Teutonic Knights and it plays an important role in German history. It had one of the oldet universities in Europe and is the birthplace of Immanuel Kant. Today only a handful of buildings and nothing of the culture remains. It's lost forever, but I think it is great that at least tiny bits get preserved by individuals. The Russian state just wants to continue its Russification of everything in Europe.

[@brawurst_not_sausages]

The buckingham palace of soviet 🤭🤣

[@daidracofosgate518]

Neat. A lot of places in the world are destroying statues, buildings etc. The Americas, the middle east, the far east etc. Yet memories of terrible times are being preserved here. Wish everyone could see history as something to preserve.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Tell that to the former Soviets that destroyed the older buildings this town used to have.

[@baqaqipekhebi7148]

What the hell are you talking about? They destroyed historical German castles and building this ugly garbage, which in a couple of decades they left in ruins. What is being preserved? Tear down that crap and put back up the Teutonic stuff. Soviets just spread ugliness and terror, why preserve their crap!

[@mr.purple1779]

@@baqaqipekhebi7148 There were no more buildings in this area after the carpet bombing of the British. It was a wasteland. It is noteworthy that the port buildings two blocks from this are in excellent condition. Even the guy at the beginning says it was empty for half the city.

[@texaswunderkind]

Confederate monuments in the United States were built 60 years after the Civil War. Not to preserve history or honor brave soldiers. But as a warning sign to minorities who were gaining civil rights. Often the monuments contained deliberate distortions of historical events. Case in point, the state capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. It has small monuments to World Wars I/II, and THREE huge monuments to the confederacy. The main monument claims that the confederacy only fought to preserve the constitution, not to preserve slavery. Unfortunate for the author of these lies, the letter of secession is easily accessible to the public. It says the word "slave" or "slavery" something like 16 times in two short pages. If we are going to preserve history, how about real history and not propaganda and lies.

[@daidracofosgate518]

No where in that entire paragraph did it mention Slavery or the Confederacy. Stop, for once in your life, making everything about Slavery in the US.@@texaswunderkind

[@KilianRKA]

Don't forget after the first war 1914 no borders can change legally because contract documents say that without a peacecontract to close the war time no borders can Change bit a lot people forget the history about this fact from the contract 😅

[@polaroidandroidjeff6383]

Imagine being deported from your home country so a bunch of foreigners can come in, just because you lost a war that had nothing to do with you.

Getting deported probably wasn’t even in the top 10 worst things that happened to people during and after WW2.

[@taxthesocialist2602]

That's how I feel about third world countries. America isn't at war with them yet they come here in endless hordes while we are supposed to be their "enemy."

[@Ocelot835]

Ironically it's probably what original Prussians feeled when Germans did it first at the exact place)))

[@jurgeeen]

so people of this area didn't serve in the German military?

[@TheHuston882]

H10 megabuilding

[@Jaggerbush]

This is difficult to enjoy entirely unless you are fluent in English and russia. Why no caption or voice over?

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Rebuild the castle and destroy the house of Soviets!

[@catarmy6927]

This is symbolizing Russia. Looks strong from outside but empty inside. 😅

[@12226]

It symbolizes Victory over Nazism (Germany). Little Konigsberg got paved over and became Kaliningrad 😂

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

​@@12226"Little Königsberg" had more influence on the world than your "Kaliningrad ever will.

[@12226]

@@kentrosaurusboi3909 Doesn't matter, Little Konigsberg does not exist anymore, its monuments and landmarks gone forever 😆 at least we let the germans keep its memory

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

@@12226 Look at this guy, he doesn't realize the same thing is happening to his beloved "Russia"

[@12226]

@@kentrosaurusboi3909 ?????

[@gabriele7381]

Russians occupied a land it was not theirs and filled it with the dullest, most terrible architecture. No respect whatsoever for what it once was one of the greatest cities in the world, total disregard for what is not German, but human heritage. What will be remembered of their contribution to the city? A crumbling brutalist building? I'm just glad some people are trying to restore some of the buildings left, it's a shame local authorities are not supporting this.

[@edgarpina2665]

Its called war mate, people hating and killing each other duuuhhhh! It's still happening around the world...saddly

[@ronaldp7573]

Sir you are just describing normal Russian behavior. Did you just discover that Russians existed?

[@copiumdealer1]

Nazi boy take your pill and calm down.

[@gabriele7381]

@@edgarpina2665 oh yes I find what happened after the war particularly messed up. That palace is justified as a symbol of unity but to me it looks like they were trying to annihilate their people's spirit

[@clashoflands]

@@copiumdealer1 Stalin killed innocent people due to starvation

[@markvolker1145]

Ummm no Kaliningrad was originally settled by Baltic tribes!

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

She literally said that. However, for 99% of modern history, the city was German and that honestly is what matters

[@goranpesevski2121]

So only German ocupiers history matters?

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

@@goranpesevski2121 You're funny. Clearly you didn't understand that the subject of my argument is modern history. For further explanation as you clearly can't read. Lviv was a majority Ukrainian city. But what matters in modern history is that it belonged to Poland until it was unjustly assigned to Ukraine in 1945. So it is with East Prussia.

[@goranpesevski2121]

@@kentrosaurusboi3909 Maybe I can't read but you can't read the first comment obviously which was for the original population,not for modern times. The Germans wiped out the natives and stole their name. So if this place ever changes hands it should go to the Baltic people not the people that caused so much suffering in Europe in the MODERN times.

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

@@goranpesevski2121 Again you speak from blindness. Where I agree with you is on the suffering that the Nazis brought. But frankly for the rest of your argument you sound like a Polish communist during the 1950. Did you so quickly forget the fact that Slavs also colonized each other and did practically the exact same thing. How do you think the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth came to be? Also, good job not reading my argument and proving my sarcasm, because the person is alluding to the fact that the last 1000 years of German settlement is nothing and completely ignores the fact that this is already mentioned in the video we all watched.

[@aylabr3931]

My grandparents were driven from their land close by Königsberg during the final days of the war. They only ever talked about this to my mom but what thy saw had to be really bad and they hate Russians, especially those that took over their farm. A shame, really

[@Ikreisrond]

And they haven't changed, when you look at what they're doing in Ukraine. They're still the pigs they were back then.

[@daazor]

Too bad Germany was what it was at the time I guess.

[@jurgeeen]

Most of my family was murdered by Germans just because they weren't considered to be humans enough. I have no pity for your grandparents, sorry

[@taq85]

I like how you skipped the part when it was Polish for a long time.

[@juavi6987]

Baltic, not Polish. The Old Prutsians were a West-Baltic people that eventually mixed with the German settlers.

[@taq85]

@@juavi6987 Polish, there was no Królewiec when it was Baltic and old prussians didnt mix, they got genocided.

[@bbenjoe]

They should rebuild the Königsberg Castle, and actually they should rename the city aswell, to Königsberg's Russian form that is. Kaliningrad was named after Mikhail Kalinin, an old bolshevik revolutionary who happened to die soon after the conquest of the land.

[@kotperdun8010]

Koenigsberg = Kingsmountain = Tsar-Gora = Царь-Гора

[@Otto_M]

Стоит переименовать? Это ты так решил? Не лезь не в своё дело

[@HulioMorjoui]

Let's rename Berlin for example in swainfurt.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Kyonigsberg 🇷🇺

[@ulrichsuter3548]

too bad my russian is not good enough to actually understand the audio...

[@kostiantynmakeiev9520]

Occupiers are proud of saying nice words about the preserving the rest of what they destroyed previously ;)

[@alexrazmislevich7265]

Почему не на фронте, костян? Неужели за яхту Ахметова умереть не хочется?

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

It describes ukrainian propaganda😂

[@zionismisterrorism8716]

No English voice-over?

[@jceeross6763]

English subtitles? Got it 🫣

[@docstevens007]

Translation would have been good

[@NachaBeez]

Turn on the English closed captioning.

[@edgarpina2665]

lazzy bum

[@smemavlast]

The video is well done, but I just couldn’t watch it with light heart when looking at the region’s history under the shadow of current events. The people who built and populated that city for 800 years were expelled, along with their legacy, after a nationalist and racist totalitarianism drove Germans to a catastrophic war for human kind. Now, another nationalist with totalitarian tendencies must be displaying nothing but lies to the seemingly nice people we saw at the video while perpetuating all sort of crimes in Ukraine. Those young people at the video who strive to conserve a foreign legacy and refer to that land as “theirs”, can they project that same feeling towards Ukrainians desperately defending their homeland?

[@av9823]

Crimea and Donbass is not Ukraine.

[@princeo15]

Read about British colonialism. You will feel more delighted

[@peterbarber716]

@@av9823Then with whom did your handlers sign a lease for the naval base at Sevastopol - in Crimea?

[@DeltaStar777]

@@av9823Of course it is

[@texaswunderkind]

@@av9823 For most of history, Crimea was neither part of Ukraine nor Russia. Russia can feel free to give it back to the Turks or the Greeks at any time. The Donbas isn't even a thing. Putin's propaganda machine fabricated stories of a persecuted Russian-speaking minority to justify his murderous war of lies. If Putin cared for these Russian-speaking people so much, why didn't he offer them land inside the vast territory of Russia, the largest nation on the planet? Instead, the King of Lies talked of Nazis and secret bioweapons labs. Putin is a modern-day Hitler, and there is no disputing that.

[@ArtistCameron]

Correction; "after ww2 it was taken hostage by the soviet union" (Koenigsberg)

[@conag9864]

No, there were an agreements that Kalinigrad is the part of the USSR

[@petergrossett6763]

I’d have watched it. But I don’t watch BBC. Which are dishonest.

[@maxsager139]

How beautiful is Russian white genetics

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

7:28 - that's not how you use working gloves. Is everything else in the video is as artificial as this person?

[@TheLaXandro]

They are reversible, mate, always were. The fabric side is softer.

[@walsch80]

It's really sad to see what's Prussia nowadays. I would say something about this. Was a crime the expulsion of 2 million germans from there after 800 years of history. But was a worst crime the removing of all the historical buildings. I ask me why don't rebuild all. A thing especially hurt me. The ignorance of many people that colonized east Prussia. I know that they were surprised to see almost all the german houses with water, light, phone, radio and toilet at home. Many of them destroyed the toilet at home because in Russia the toilet were outside. That's simply craziness. Now east Prussia is like a military area full od problems. Better to go in Gdańsk or Klaipeda. It's sad to see places like in 1945. Ruins. But incredible into ruins are living people.

[@rossinvictus]

Koenigsebg was destroyed by British aircraft... Some people take jokes about toilets for facts. I would write about these people, but censorship won't let me through. By the way, Russia and the USSR are two different states. Before the revolution, Russian cities, even secondary ones, were magnificent. For example, Proskurov. Russia took this miserable settlement with two huts. In the second half of the 19th century, it turned into a little Paris.

[@walsch80]

@@rossinvictus yes, the city was bombed by brits, but the systematic removing of the german past was done by russian soviet party. They desired remove all. It's sad because nowadays Kaliningrad could be like Gdańsk. Polish restored all the possible to obtain something beautiful for the entire population instead in Kaliningrad the reds decided to left all like after war and to use the region like a big military knife into Europe. The legend of the bathrooms is not a legend. My wife is polish from Wolyna. And there was the same. She has cousins that lived personally those facts (the german cousins from Kazakhstan, deported after the war from ex german territories..). I hope that the new generation and russian president decide to rebuild and restore all the things possible. Imagine if the robot (abandoned building without a sense) could be destroyed to rebuild the old castle and the previous houses of the old city center.. It could be simply great.

[@rossinvictus]

@@walsch80 Putin and his gang are ideological heirs of forces that destroyed Russia during the civil war. If one of Romanovs came to power ( I am very impressed with Rostilav Romanov) Russian Renaissance would begin...although a few years ago, a number of soviet houses were converted into old European ones. Perhaps historical Konigsberg will be completely restored under this government.

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

Are you really so stupid?

[@uriituw]

I can’t understand anything these people are saying.

[@Andrew25Davies]

That's because you don't speak Русский

[@malcolmsmith4603]

sad looking at the date of this post, one month before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 😞

[@heikodankel3245]

At least we have rebuilt Germany's historic cities. Will never see the Russians in reality.

[@karylhogan5758]

Revenge of the Prussians 🧐

[@pistoletprezesa6835]

Russia wants Poland and Lithuania out of the NATO? Why not, but first demilitarize this region and split it between the two EU neighbours.

[@zavaraninoveuhorky]

maybe give it back to prussians

[@pistoletprezesa6835]

@@zavaraninoveuhorky Prussians got extinct by the 17th century. But there are some indigenous people still alive and seeking independence in Caucasus and Siberia.

[@MrXxHunter]

@@pistoletprezesa6835 Seems like my Family have been extinct for the last 300 years.

[@hairharbor5080]

@@MrXxHunter He meant the Baltic tribe not the German Prussians. German Prussians took their name from the Baltic Prussians after conquering and assimilating the population in the area.

[@MrXxHunter]

@@hairharbor5080 Assimilation doesn‘t mean going extinct tho.

[@ottosaxo]

That unlucky piece of land will deteriorate until the day it becomes a part of Lithuania.

[@neins]

Ага, размечтался

[@user-jm3xl7rg5k]

It must deteriorate with Lithuania???

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

Lithuania will deteriorate until the day it becomes a part of Russia

[@avtoera]

Russia neglected such beautiful city 🙁

[@Andrey_Drone]

Женя наркоман?

[@lonelywoker]

Dieses Land gehört Deutschen.

[@zhenli889]

bbc who is most misleading progroms

[@ogerpinata1703]

If your country is not willing or able to build beautiful architecture, leave whats already there. Old German architecture is better anyway and well was already there😅

[@conag9864]

New neighborhoods of Kalinigrad are very beautiful and modern

[@mercilyngono8955]

You failed to mention that Kaliningrad is technically occupied territory by Russia.

[@conag9864]

No, it's not

[@mercilyngono8955]

@conag9864 You don't have to dig deep into historical records to find out it was only supposed to be a temporary OCCUPATION. Stalin had other ideas and thus it was illegally retained by the USSR. This is irrespective to Germany renouncing its claim to East Prussia.

[@Otto_M]

​@@mercilyngono8955слеюушай иди-ка ты лесом. Сталин, не Сталин, планы.

[@conag9864]

@@mercilyngono8955 oh, temporary, I see...

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

All western part of Poland is technically occupied by it

[@jcee2259]

Any existing Russia citizen-use structure built past 1970 has not been built high enough. 2022 Communist China has built higher for citizens and has so many as surplus some are now scheduled for destruction. Emigration is not an option as most Russians today are not Communist enough to be ideal citizens of China. Nor are re-education facilities of China free of brutality, inadequate medical care, and poor nutrition. Any 2022 Russian Gulag is better due to improvements by Russia. .

[@Consrignrant]

@jcee2259 What a stupid comment. They never were nor is China now communist. You might want to look up the definition of "communist".

[@KeepThatConfidence]

This is not Kaliningrad, this is Königsberg. It was annexed and later renamed by the soviets. Portraying russians as some kind of caretakers of the city’s history is a joke.

[@jurgeeen]

It's called Kaliningrad. The last country that had this territory named Konigsberg ended up really badly ))

[@volodymyrduschak2821]

Унікальний багаторічний експеремент. Що відбувається з центром європи коли місто захопили росіяни і зробили там росію. Руїни

[@conag9864]

Лучше про незалежную и ее успехи расскажи, как то за 30 лет вообще прогресса нема

[@volodymyrduschak2821]

@@conag9864 30 лет русское говно вычищаем из Украины, а оно все лезет и лезет. 300 лет окупации "братьями" как-никак

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

Уникальный многолетний проект под названием "украина", посмотри на места, которые захватили уркаинцы Разруха

[@eugeniovazquez1483]

😂😂😂😂😂prooaganda

[@Andrew25Davies]

That's mostly what the BBC is these days. A WEF propoganda machine. Although this actually isn't "prooaganda". They do make some interesting unbiased documentary material.

[@TheOneWhoSometimesSaysOk]

Что здесь пропаганда? То что они показали советскую архитектуру?

[@CzechoslovakGunStories]

Kaliningrad was established to honour Ottokar II of Bohemia, so it may be considered our territory. Based on the same logic ruSSia is using for the occupation of Crimea when can we expect Kaliningrad to be returned to the Czechs?

[@texaswunderkind]

Following Putin's logic, the bulk of non-Siberian Russia belongs to Mongolia. Putin can feel free to return it to its rightful owner anytime.

[@conag9864]

Cry more

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

Return Czechia to Austria, lol

[@rogerrutz5820]

It would be nice if the Russian government and people just leave and go back to Russia.

[@conag9864]

Why should they leave their houses?

[@user-tn7gs4pb4z]

It would be nice if the British government and people just leave Scotland and go back to England

[@advohelp]

До чего ужасное видео. Тупые люди в лучших традициях папуасов рассказывают, мол, была цивилизация. Собиратели сменились скотоводами. Скотоводов покорили тевтоны. Тевтоны переросли в Пруссию. Пруссия объединила Германию. А Германию покорил СССР. И тут всё вернулось в мезозой. Где в самом центре города пустует почти готовое интересное здание. Нет мозгов, денег, проектов и потребности достроить. Или перестроить. Но автора и ее "экскурсоводов" это не огорчает. А просто веселятся. Как папуасы. На солнышке. Но юмор в том, что для меня это всё - убогое поведение. И в центре Европы. И солнышка там мало. Поэтому таким папуасам там выжить не судьба.

[@advohelp]

Даже "хранитель руин" выглядит наивно. Девушка, которая находит образцы плитки и старинных дверей и их фотографирует, - единственная, кто внушает надежду.

[@AliensKillDevils.]

Enjoy Sunshine and Please be Vegan, no animal’s eggs, animal’s milk, animal’s cheese, animal’s butter, and insect’s honey🥬🥗🌽🥕🥦🥥🥑🍓🍇🍌🍎🍐🍑🥭🍅🥒🍉❤️🌞🌈👼❤️🏖

[@likeandsubscribe1781]

Once upon a time Poland was controlled by Germans ww2