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Královec Region

For the non-satirical region of the Czech Republic, see Hradec Králové Region. For the village in that region, see Královec.
Weather report by TV Nova showing Kaliningrad Oblast (named "Královec") as part of the Czech Republic
Map of the Czech Republic (light green) and Kaliningrad Oblast (dark green) in Europe

The Královec Region (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkraːlovɛts]; Czech: Královecký kraj) is an internet meme consisting of a satirical annexation of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast by the Czech Republic. The meme originated in 2022, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

History

On 27 September 2022, the Czech satirical website AZ247.cz [cs] made a petition for the Czech Republic to send soldiers to Kaliningrad Oblast, hold an annexation referendum that would have a 98% vote in favor, and make the region a formal part of the country renamed as Královec, thus gaining access to the sea.[3][4] This was in response to the annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine and the subsequent annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Satirical calls for Czech annexation also extended to Franz Josef Land (Czech: Země Františka Josefa), an Arctic archipelago discovered during an expedition by a group including Czech individuals in 1873. It was named after Franz Joseph I, the Emperor-King of Austria-Hungary, the state the modern Czech Republic was part of at the time.[6]

Various official figures and entities, including Jana Černochová (Czech Minister of Defence),[7] Zuzana Čaputová (President of Slovakia),[8] and the Embassy of the United States in Prague (as a followup to the planned F-35 acquisition by the Czech Republic) made satirical comments regarding the movement on Twitter.[9]

On 10 October 2022, a few hundred people attended a mock referendum to perform the annexation of the region in front of the Embassy of Russia in Prague.[10]

During an interview between the Czech journalists Petr Koubský [cs] and Filip Titlbach [cs] in an article for the Czech newspaper Deník N [cs], it was attempted to find out if the proposal had any real or historical basis that could justify the satire. The city of Kaliningrad was originally named Königsberg (German for "King's Hill") at its founding in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, who attended the first crusade into the region. The predominantly German crusaders did so out of the pride of accompanying such an important person as the King of Bohemia, who was a respected person in the Holy Roman Empire, of which Bohemia was part, as his mother belonged to the prominent Hohenstaufen noble family. The satire was based on the fact that the Kingdom of Bohemia is a Czech kingdom preceding the modern Czech Republic.[5] The name [Královec] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |link= (help) is a calque of "Königsberg", from král "king", having seen use as a historical exonym.[5] It is similar to the Polish exonym Królewiec, also a calque.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Meitav, Roman (7 October 2022). "Czech Republic hold mock referendum, say they now control Russia's Kaliningrad". The Jerusalem Post.
  2. ^ "Czechs troll Russia with mock annexation of Kaliningrad". Kafkadesk. 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ AZ247.cz (27 September 2022). "Petice za vyhlášení referenda o připojení Kaliningradu k České republice". petice.com (in Czech).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Hrywna, Igor (29 September 2022). "Královec założył czeski król. Czesi teraz o tym przypominają Kremlowi". Gazeta Olsztyńska (in Polish).
  5. ^ a b c Titlbach, Filip; Svoboda, Vít (5 October 2022). "Studio N: Mají Češi nárok na Královec? #KaliningradIsCzechia". Deník N (in Czech).
  6. ^ Krčmář, Milan (6 October 2022). "Nejen Královec, i Země Františka Josefa: část Ruska pojmenovali kdysi po Brně". Deník.cz (in Czech).
  7. ^ Černochová, Jana [@jana_cernochova] (4 October 2022). "Pamatuju si, že jsme na Výboru pro obranu (cca před deseti lety) opravdu vážně řešili naší ponorku v Albánii" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Čaputová, Zuzana [@zuzanacaputova] (6 October 2022). "I might consider a state visit. Or not" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Embassy of the United States in Prague [@usembassyprague] (5 October 2022). "Nepotřebovali byste také náhodou letadlovou loď?" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Před ruským velvyslanectvím v Praze se "rozhodlo" o připojení Královce k Česku". novinky.cz (in Czech). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Караляучус - Краловиц - Кёнигсберг - Калининград" (in Russian). Deutsche Welle. 29 April 2005.
  12. ^ "125. posiedzenie Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami RP" (in Polish). Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland. 9 May 2023.
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