RUSSIA: The Kings Are Dead

Prussia’s last nine kings were crowned there. Philosopher Immanuel Kant had been born there, hardly ventured outside, and been buried there. Generations of German Junkers had called the city their home. Since 1255 Königsberg, more than any other German town, had stood for Prussian traditions. Last week Prussia’s new masters made a clean break with tradition, renamed the city Kaliningrad.