Yuri Nikolayevich Ivanov

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Yuri Nikolajewitsch Ivanov ( Russian Юрий Николаевич Иванов ; born June 8, 1928 in Leningrad , † July 22, 1994 in Kaliningrad ) was a Russian writer.

Life

Ivanov survived the Leningrad blockade . After the conquest of Königsberg by the Red Army , he came to town with a music burial squad. He looked for and found his father, who, as a colonel in the staff of the 11th Guard Army (Red Army), headed a special investigation group; she looked for the archive of the Frauenburg cathedral chapter . Yuri Ivanov attended high school in Kaliningrad , the former castle school (Königsberg) . He came to study at the sports university in his hometown. He then went to sea for 14 years.

In the 1950s he began stories to write and recognize Konigsberg importance to the cultural history of Europe. He became a member of the Writers' Union of the USSR in 1966 and completed courses in Russian high literature in 1969 . His commitment was always focused on his new hometown, Kaliningrad. By researching the life stories of historical personalities despite the most adverse circumstances, he got closer to the old Königsberg. In 1987, the year after perestroika began , he founded the Kaliningrad Cultural Fund , which he headed as chairman. In the dramatic years before the fall of the Iron Curtain , he campaigned for the opening of Kaliningrad Oblast .

As soon as possible, he made trips to Germany, to Kiel, Duisburg and Flensburg, to the East Prussian Cultural Center in Ellingen (July 1990) and to the East Prussian State Museum in Lüneburg. He visited the Königsberg City Museum in the spring of 1991 - the first visitor from Kaliningrad. At the same time the Kaliningrad Oblast was opened. Many Königsbergers made their way to their homeland, which had become Russian and foreign. The fact that they were received in a friendly, curious and understanding manner was not least thanks to Yuri Ivanov and his more than 30 books.

"We have to live in peace with one another!"

- Yuri Ivanov

One month before Ivanov's death, on June 17, 1994, the rebuilt Königsberg Cathedral received the spire. The tower ball contains Ivanov's wish that the cathedral again become the center of cultural and intellectual life. Ivanov died at the age of 66 and was buried in the city cemetery on Prospekt Mira (Kaliningrad) .

Works

  • Shipwrecked in the tropical sea . Publishing house culture and progress, Berlin 1966.
  • The golden Korifena. Youth narration . Progress Publishing House, Moscow 1971.
  • From Kaliningrad to Koenigsberg - in search of lost treasures . Rautenberg, Leer 1991.
  • with Mariola Malerek: Königsberg und Umgebung , 2nd edition Laumann, Dülmen 1998.
  • with Christoph Niess and Katharina Kaiser: With the eyes of the others. Photography - encounter . Berlin-Schöneberg Art Office 1998. ISBN 3926643056 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Freyberg : Impressed by the beauty of the city. In: The Ostpreußenblatt . August 31, 1991, p. 19 , accessed July 27, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Jörn Pekrul: In memory of Juri Nikolajewitsch Ivanov . Königsberger Bürgerbrief 92 (2018), pp. 62–63.
personal data
SURNAME Ivanov, Yuri Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Иванов, Юрий Николаевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1994
Place of death Kaliningrad