Leningrad

[Robert Orr]

Piter is from DUTCH Pieter (Petr  I used to sign himself), not German Peter,
plus DUTCH burg
not German burg

This was later forgotten.

Kiparsky's Russian historical grammar Vol. 3 has an excellent discussion of
this issue.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Edil Legno" <peitlova at TISCALINET.IT>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Leningrad


It's terrible mix of names and centuries.

 At the very beginning was Sanct-Peterburg  - because of its' builder
(osnovatelja)   Peter 1703.(German - burg- later was changed into
Russian -Slav. - grad -
 - Petrov grad =Petrograd.

Later - the historical events  bring  another change - into Leningrad.
Primer Peterburgskaja gubernija -changed into Petrogradskaja  and later both
into Leningradskaja.

And present day events:zhiteli Leningrada golosovali za Peterburg,  i vsje v
porjadke. A odkuda vdrug vzjalos' "staroje" nazvanje Petrogradskoje
upravlenje ..... i Leningradskaja oblast'. Zdes' nejasno,pochemu ne vse
stalo leningradskim.....!?

Katarìna Peitlovà,Ph.Dr.

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