Question by Fading Rosy: How many times did the name of St. Petersburg, Russia change in the 20th century?
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Answer by Warren S
1914-renamed Petrograd
1924-renamed Leningrad
1991-renamed St Petersberg.
Three changes.
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The Glorious S.O.B. says
A few thymes. Three, specifically as Warren S said. It used to be Petrograd, I think during the Russian Empire. & when it became the USSR, it was Leningrad. When the USSR dissolved in 1991, it was St. Petersburg again. Incidentally, I remember a joke on "Saturday Night Live" in 1991 where Kevin Nealon said that in western Florida, St. Petersburg avoided confusion by changin' it's name to Leningrad.