''The Voice from the Pregel'' ( pl, Głos znad Pregoły; russian: Голос с Преголи, italic=yes) is a Polish magazine published since November 1995 in

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ...

, only the second Polish language publication published in the city since the ''"

Poczta Królewiecka ''Poczta Królewiecka'' (or ''The Königsberg Post'') was a weekly magazine published in Königsberg (known in Polish as ''Królewiec'') from 1718 to 1720. It was published in the Polish language, and was the second oldest Polish newspaper. Histo ...

"'' ceased in 1720.

History

The first issue was published on 11 November 1995 from the initiative of Casimir (Kazimierz) Lawrynowicz with the aid of the Polish Consulate in Kaliningrad. Initially the publication was edited in Elblag by ''"Kurier Elbląski"'' with financial support from the local branch of the Polish Catholic-Social Union. Between 1997-1998 Głos znad Pregoły was published by the ''"Informacyjny Kurier Tygodniowy"'' from Braniewo, and finally in the summer of 1998, the editorial board was moved to

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

. Since then, the printing and paper purchase has been financed by the Foundation for Assistance to Poles in the East. The first editor of the magazine was Casimir (Kazimierz) Ławrynowicz, with ks. Jerzy Steckiewicz, Cleopas Ławrynowicz, Vasily Vasilyev, Danuta Szczęsna, Alexander Ławrynowicz, Agnieszka Abramowicz and George Sukow among the other contributing journalists. The editorial board is currently headed by Maria Ławrynowicz. The Editorial Board consists of Alexander Ławrynowicz, Vasily Vasilyev, Cleopas Ławrynowicz and Marek Szczepaniak. Głos znad Pregoły has correspondents in

, Baltiysk,

Ozersk Ozyorsk (russian: Озёрск) or Ozersk () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast *Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Ozyorsky District of Kalinin ...

and Chernyakhovsk. Regular columns in Głos znad Pregoły include "Famous Poles in Russia," by W. Vasiliev, "The Community of Polish Culture" by K. Lawrynowicz and the "Polish Road" where you'll find the printed memories of Poles from Kaliningrad.

Notes and references

Article on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of "Głos znad Pregoły"
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