You're right though - the city was renamed Petrograd in 1914 when war broke out, as St. Petersburg was considered too Germanic. 21st October would be four days before the shot from the 'Avrora' signalled the start of the October revolution.
The city was renamed Leningrad in 1924 and was renamed to St. Petersburg in July 1991.
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Wasn't St Petersburg called Petrograd in those days? Shortly before becoming Leningrad.
You mean <gasp> it's a fake ;).
You're right though - the city was renamed Petrograd in 1914 when war broke out, as St. Petersburg was considered too Germanic. 21st October would be four days before the shot from the 'Avrora' signalled the start of the October revolution.
The city was renamed Leningrad in 1924 and was renamed to St. Petersburg in July 1991.
www.cityvision2000.com has a bunch of tourist-centric facts about St. Petersburg.
But now it is called St. Petersburg again they just changed it because it was a german name