Petrograd

[Alina Israeli]

>I think that  this so vast poetic use could be considered  a PROOF and
>evidence  that the name  PETROGRAD was largly used even by people not only
>by writers and poets.Used means that  the people refers to Petersburg as to
>Petrograd. It doesn't mean that we should find some envelopes with Petrograd
>written on it.

Not ON it, IN it.

Compare: Russian newscasters routinely refer to China as "Podnebesnaja".
Could journalistic language be considered PROOF that PEOPLE and not only
journalists refer to China as Podnebesnaja, I mean seriously, not
mockingly. If someone says, "Ja poedu v Podnebesnuju" is this a sign of a
serious use or of self-irony?

Here are a couple examples:

От Москвы до столицы Поднебесной лететь около семи часов. ... Путевые
записки нашего корреспондента Я и Поднебесная: записки нашего
корреспондента о ...
news.bbc.co.uk

Поднебесная укрепляет отношения с Россией.
www.radiomayak.ru/interview/05/09/26/39252.html

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 Alina Israeli
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