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To: Bon of Babble

St Petersburg was known as Leningrad for a long time - about 70 years? Eventually it became St Petersburg again.


13 posted on 06/26/2021 6:46:46 AM PDT by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: Bernard

Yes. After the Kremlin fell.


15 posted on 06/26/2021 6:51:30 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Bernard
St Petersburg was known as Leningrad for a long time - about 70 years? Eventually it became St Petersburg again.

Istanbul used to be Constantinople.   I'm still waiting.

41 posted on 06/26/2021 11:10:33 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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