1957 Leningrad celebration

[Alex]

Kat Tancock wrote:
>
> That's funny, because I can say for a certainty that the 300th anniversary
> is going to be celebrated in 2003. Maybe they were celebrating the
> anniversary of a specific event in the creation of the city, rather than the
> actual beginnings of it, or something like that.

> > From: Irina Dolgova <iad146 at NWU.EDU>

> > I am searching for the reason why the 250th anniversary of Leningrad
> > was celebrated in June 1957.  Every book gives the founding of
> > Leningrad in the year of 1703. This is part of my research for my
> > senior thesis. One secondary source has indicated that Khrushchev may
> > have picked this particular year for political motivations. Any help
> > with this puzzle would be much appreciated.

In 57th the first Sputnik was launched and if I'm not mistaken the International
Youth Festival had been celebrated in Moscow. Perhaps those events went together
well...:)

Al Str.

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