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2022-05-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Briefly about Ukraine. 05/23/2022

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Posted by badanov 2022-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Why the name change?

Russians change place names all the time. Donetsk once was known as Stalino, for example

Posted by badanov 2022-05-24 09:46|| 2022-05-24 09:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Volgograd used to be Stalingrad back around the last time Ukraine was used as the playing field in somebody's war.

Posted by SteveS 2022-05-24 09:54|| 2022-05-24 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-24 15:51|| 2022-05-24 15:51|| Front Page Top

#4 ...St. Petersburg used to be Petrograd till it become Leningrad till it became St. Petersburg.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-24 16:54|| 2022-05-24 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Rantburg U is clearly doing seminars on the lawn on this beautiful day, :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-24 21:25|| 2022-05-24 21:25|| Front Page Top

#6 As ever, the Rooskies are winnin'!
Amidst all the din and the spinnin'
Of plates by the Bear,
Take a gander at Tver
And recall all the ghosts of Kalinin.

Posted by Creretle Grumble6164 2022-05-24 23:59|| 2022-05-24 23:59|| Front Page Top

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