Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:02:50 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: Off-Topic (or maybe on-topic) |
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, David Weinehall wrote: > > PS. Leningrad is the old historical name of the modern St. Petersberg but > > we "old-timers" do still call it Leningrad, it seems more appropriate than > > all those "modern" name-changes... ;) > > You're VERY wrong here. St. Petersburg was the name before the Soviet > Union was formed and Russia marched into the Baltics. When the takeover > was made, the city was renamed Leningrad (after V.I. Lenin). When the > Soviet Union finally fell to pieces and the Baltics retained their freedom, > St. Petersburg retained its old name, which it got (if I'm not all wrong) > from Peter the Great.
Hi David!
I should have put a smiley there shouldn't I? :) Don't you think I must be well aware of the origins of names of former soviet cities if I spent 20 (or almost 21) years of life there....
Regards, Tigran
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