Which city was renamed after Mikhail Kalinin?
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Königsberg/Kaliningrad
Kiev
Answer
Königsberg, now known as Kaliningrad, underwent a name change in honor of Mikhail Kalinin. This renaming took place in 1946, signifying the transfer of the city from German control to the Soviet Union after World War II. The decision aimed to commemorate Kalinin's contributions as a prominent Soviet politician and statesman, making it a symbolic gesture of political and territorial change in the region.
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