Prague strips WWII Soviet commander of honorary citizenship | app

PRAGUE (AP) β€” The Czech capital on Thursday stripped a World War II Soviet commander of his honorary Prague citizenship.

The Prague City Council approved Mayor Zdenek Hrib’s proposal to revoke the honor bestowed in June 1945 on Soviet Marshal Ivan Stepanovic Konev.

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