Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev. Archival photoPRAGUE, May 6.The mayor of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib, took the initiative to deprive Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev of the status of an honorary citizen of the city, who was awarded this title in 1945 due to the fact that it was the troops under his command liberated Prague from the Nazis, the Idnes online publication reported. «Marshal Konev became an honorary citizen of Prague on June 6, 1945. The act of granting honorary citizenship should be considered in a historical context and taking into account the further historical development of Czechoslovakia, which from an ideological point of view allowed for a single interpretation of events , and some facts (by the then communist regime) were hushed up, hidden, «says the document that Grzyb prepared to discuss his proposal at a meeting of the mayor's office on Monday. In support of his proposal, the mayor of Prague recalls that the Soviet troops under the command of the marshal Konev suppressed the Hungarian uprising of 1956. In 1962, Konev served as commander-in-chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, this year the Berlin Wall was erected, dividing the city in two. Earlier, in April 2020, at the initiative of the authorities of the Prague 6 district, a monument to Marshal Konev was sent to the depository, which stood for many years on the square of the International Brigade. Currently, the authorities of the Prague 3 district are considering renaming Koneva Street, which leads from the city center to the residential areas of this area. Prague offensive operation
