Tatyana Kolivay

Graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Russian Language and Literature, and from the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages (now Moscow State Linguistic University), where she qualified as a German translator and reviewer. Author of the blog Fairy Tales of Germany (http://vbaden.blogspot.com/). Lives in the Moscow region.

The First Aviators of East Prussia

From Violet Hill to the Devau airfield

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The "Ostpreußenflug" — a contest for pilots, a test for aircraft

A three-day winter air race between two aces

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A Walk through Mittelhufen in 1891

Long before the phenomenon of Amalienau emerged

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Our Luisenwahl Park

The history of Kaliningrad's Central Park

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The Maigraf

A tradition preserved since pre-Christian times

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Drum Dogs

The tradition was brought to Königsberg from a victorious campaign in Austria

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The Spring Festival of the Königsberg Brewers' Guild

The local brewers' trade festival was called Catching Up with Spring!

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Corners of Königsberg

Unusual oases in the stone thickets of the Innenstadt

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Bessel and Königsberg

Through hardships to the stars

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Sleigh Rides on the Pregel

A favourite winter pastime of Königsberg's residents

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Schwarzort (Juodkrantė)

A cosy fishing village on the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit

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Violet Hill

Herbert Mühlpfordt presents

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Ice Fishing on the Curonian Lagoon

A poor fisherman is one who is afraid of getting his socks wet

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Scholars' Cemetery

Where Bessel, Hippel, Rosenkranz were laid to rest...

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The Opening of the Samland Railway

From Königsberg to Rauschen in just three hours!

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A Picnic in Juditten

A day trip to a green oasis on the Old Pillau Road

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Heiligenbeil

The chief town of Natangia

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Juditten

West of Amalienau, Lawsken and Ratshof

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Königsgarten

The King's Garden of Königsberg, which would later become Parade Square

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Fires at the Königsberg City Theater

The dramatic history of Königsberg's Temple of Melpomene

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The “Siegel” Coffee House on Französische Straße

A cult venue on Französische Straße

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