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Prague is a statutory city and the capital of the Czech Republic, the administrative center of the Central Bohemian Region and its two districts: Prague-East and Prague-West. Forms an independent administrative-territorial unit of the country.
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2024: Daughter-in-law of ex-Czech president Vaclav Havel sells palace for $43m
In June 2024, Dagmar Gavlova, daughter-in-law of ex-Czech President Vaclav Havel, sold the Lucerne Palace in central Prague for $43 million to BTL, Forbes reports.
They created a joint company, Palác PL., where Gavlova invested the palace. BTL received 75% of the shares, and Gavlova retained 25%. Funds from the sale will go to the reconstruction of the palace.
Gavlova noted that she wanted to find a buyer who would preserve the cultural heritage of the palace. According to her, many billionaires wanted to purchase the building, but even a small repair requires significant costs.
The Lucerne Palace, built in the 1920s, was the first reinforced concrete structure in Prague. It was designed by engineer Vaclav Havel, grandfather of the future president. In 1989, the palace was returned to the Havel family under the restitution law.
BTL previously saved the Karlovy Vary Municipal Savings Fund by buying it out during the COVID-19 pandemic and opening it for cultural events.
2021: Average monthly rent for a one-room apartment in central Prague - $809
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1945: Liberation of Prague by Soviet forces from German fascists
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On May 08, 1945, the liberation of Prague by Soviet troops was completed.
The decision to conduct the Prague operation was made by Stalin on May 1, 1945, when the assault on Berlin was still ongoing. The commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front, I. S. Konev, was ordered by May 3 to complete hostilities in Berlin and transfer the released troops for a rapid offensive on Prague from the north. The next day, May 2, 1945, the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front were tasked with launching an offensive on Jihlava and Prague from the southeast, and the capture of Prague was planned after May 14.
It was planned to use a configuration of the front line beneficial for Soviet troops in southern Germany, Czechoslovakia and northern Austria, deeply covering opposing German troops from the flanks. The 1st Ukrainian Front from the north and the 2nd Ukrainian Front from the south were supposed to cut the German defense with powerful deep blows and converging attacks on Prague to surround Army Group Center and then destroy it.
All tank and mechanized troops of both fronts were transferred to the directions of the main attacks. The troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front were instructed to destroy the enemy's defense in the Olomouc area and create conditions for an attack on Prague from the east. The time frame for preparing the operation was extremely short, especially since the strike groups still needed to make marches from 100 to 200 kilometers to the original areas. The start of the operation was scheduled for May 7.
The German command hoped to defend itself as long as possible in Czechoslovakia and try to exploit the differences between the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition. Having received data on the transfer of Soviet troops to the flanks, Schörner decided to pull his main units to the Prague region and stubbornly defend himself there and in the city itself, turning Prague into a "second Berlin."
The operation was attended by troops of three Soviet fronts:
- 1st Ukrainian Front (commander - Marshal of the Soviet Union Konev);
- 4th Ukrainian Front (commander - Army General Eremenko);
- troops of the right flank and the center of the 2nd Ukrainian Front (commander - Marshal of the Soviet Union Malinovsky).
In total, the troops involved in the operation totaled 2,028 thousand people (including 1,700 thousand people of Soviet troops, 139 thousand people of Romanian troops, 69.5 thousand people of Polish troops, 48.4 thousand people of Czechoslovak troops). They were armed with about 30 thousand guns and mortars, about 2 thousand tanks, more than 3 thousand aircraft.
Along the front from Dresden to Brno, Soviet troops were opposed by the German Army Group Center (commanded by Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner), which included three tank and one infantry armies. In total, they included about 900 thousand people, 9.7 thousand guns and mortars, 1.9 thousand tanks, about a thousand aircraft.
Since excitement began in Prague on May 1, and then an armed uprising, Konev was forced to regroup troops and launch an offensive a day ahead of schedule. The offensive was carried out around the clock. Soviet troops shot down enemy rearguards from the lines of defense, widely using coverage and rounds. Tank strike groups took place per day with battles from 30 to 50 kilometers. By the end of the second day of the operation, Soviet troops were in the deep rear of Army Group Center. On May 8, Dresden, Bautzen, Görlitz, Teplice, Znojmo, Yaromerzyce were released. In view of the changed situation, on May 7, the 4th Ukrainian Front (which had previously been assigned auxiliary tasks) went on a decisive offensive by order of the Supreme Command Headquarters, on May 8, its troops captured Olomouc.
The general retreat from the Prague region and west of Prague of the Wehrmacht and SS units quickly turned into a stampede towards the western border of Czechoslovakia. At 3 a.m. on May 9, 1945, the advanced units of the 3rd Guards and 4th Guards Tank Armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front entered Prague. By 13 o'clock on May 9, an advanced detachment of the 6th Guards Tank Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front entered Prague. By this time, there were no German units in the city.
By 6 pm, a mobile group of the 4th Ukrainian Front also entered Prague. The encirclement ring around the main forces of Army Group Center was closed, and Prague was liberated. During the liberation of Prague, more than a thousand Soviet soldiers died. In honor of the victory won, the medal "For the Liberation of Prague" was established in the USSR.
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