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Rhiannon12866

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3. That's also what they do in Russia, they're always renaming cities, rivers, etc. depending on who's "in favor"
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:15 PM
Friday

When I visited the USSR in the late '80s with my grandmother and her peace group, St. Petersburg was then named Leningrad. Beautiful city.

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