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Three of the following are the different names for the same former Russian capital Which one isn't?
Saint Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and subsequently became the Russian capital until 1917. It was renamed to Petrograd in 1914 to get rid of the German sounding name. On the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, it was renamed to Leningrad. After the break up of the USSR in 1991, it returned to its original name of Saint Petersburg.
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What nation north of Iran has the capital city Ashgabat?
It is the capital of Turkmenistan. (transliterated from Russian, the spelling is Ashkhabad).
What is the former Russian parliament called?
The former Russian parliament is called the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation.
What is the capital of Pakistan and what is its former capital?
The present capital of Pakistan is Islamabad and its former capital was "Karachi".
Constantinopole was the former capital of the what?
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What former member of Charter 77 became President of Czechoslovakia following the revolution freeing it from Russian control in 1989?
Vaclav Havel
What are former Russian rulers called?
Some former Russian rulers were called tsars or czars.
What is the former name of the capital of Japan?
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Do any of the people in former Yugoslavia speak Russian?
No. However, all of the languages of the Former Yugoslavia countries speak languages that are related to Russian.
Former name of the marlinsky ballet?
Its former name is the Imperial Russian Ballet.
Is Russian Spanish?
No, Russian is not Spanish. Russian is a Slavic language spoken primarily in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, while Spanish is a Romance language spoken mainly in Spain and Latin America. They belong to different language families and have different grammatical structures and vocabulary.
What was The former name of the Russian Communists was?
bolsheviks
How to reference the former USSR?
Russian Federation
