RELIGIOUS FLAVOUR OF RUSSIAN NAMES REMOVED
(United Press Assn.—By Electric T elegraph.—Copy right.) _ . RIGA, March 31. ihe Soviet is engaged in altering place names with religious flavour. The towns of Sergiev and Bogorodsk, the former recalling St Sergius and the latter meaning Our Lady’s town, have been renamed Sagorsk and Noginsk, in honour of Communist celebrities.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 1
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56RELIGIOUS FLAVOUR OF RUSSIAN NAMES REMOVED Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 1
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