Re: Peterburg in other languages (was: More stupidities)
From: Igor Sklar (yaroslavl_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: 10 Sep 2004 07:03:40 -0700
As the name St.Petersburg isn't particularly poetical, Russian
poets (Derzhavin, Pushkin, etc) invented Greeko-Slavic names for their
capital: Petropol(is), Petrograd, Nevograd, etc. When the WWI started
90 years ago, there was a discussion if the name should be changed to
Petrograd or to Nevograd. The former version proved more popular in
official circles, because it was coined by Pushkin in "The Bronze
Horseman". The popular nickname has always been Peter.
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