ANTI-GOD CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA
RELIGIOUS PLACE NAMES CHANGED
(United Press Association—By Eleetrio Telegraph—Copyright)
I . RIGA, -'3lst March. I The Soviet is engaged in altering place names with a religious flavour. The towns of Sergievo and Bogorodsk, the former recalling Saint Se'rgius and Hie latter meaning "Our Lady's town" have been renamed Sagorsk and Noginsk in honour of Communist celebrities.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 April 1930, Page 5
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59ANTI-GOD CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 April 1930, Page 5
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