Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:25:36 +0400 | From | Art Boulatov <> | Subject | Re: Off-Topic (or maybe on-topic) |
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David Weinehall wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 04:05:50PM +0300, Petko Manolov wrote: > > David Weinehall wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > AFAIK Tigran is born in the Soviet Union and i thing he knows > > the history of his own country better ;-) > > Uhmmm. You known, being born in the Soviet Union (not a country in its > strictest sense), doesn't necessarily mean you know its history. And > considering that the span of the SSSR was quite enormous... > > Anyhow: > > The city was originally called Nyen and was formed by Swedes. 1703, > Peter the Great invaded the city, and 1712 the city became the capital > of Russia, named St. Petersburg. The name remained St. Petersburg until > 1914, when it was renamed Petrograd. 1918, Moscow was made the capital > of Russia, and 1924 the city got renamed again, this time to Leningrad. > > > Anyway, i am bulgarian and i also am used to call St. Petersburg > > Leningrad ;-)) > > Well, it's time for me, as a Swede, to begin calling it Nyen?! > > Oh, let's end this silly debate. I'm getting sorry I even brought it > up.
Hi,
but since you did, :)
I will insist it is St. Petersburg :)
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