NEW NAME FOR ST. PETERSBURG.
ST. PETERBURG, September 1. By an Imperial order St. Petersburg has been re-named Petrograd. Thia eliminates the German word for town which it has born since it was christened Peter's town, after Peter the Great.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15063, 3 September 1914, Page 7
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40NEW NAME FOR ST. PETERSBURG. Press, Volume L, Issue 15063, 3 September 1914, Page 7
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