The Г in ГУМ

[Genevra Gerhart]

You can verify it. Go to sokr.ru and then the web site for GUM and you will
see at the end of their history it's Glavnyy...  

Genevra Gerhart
 
ggerhart at comcast.net
 
www.genevragerhart.com
www.russiancommonknowledge.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:03 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] The Г in ГУМ

According to Wikipedia, the Г in ГУМ used to stand for Государственный
(which is what I was taught)
but *now* it stands for Главный (that's news to me). Can anyone verify that?
The Г now means Главный?

Thanks!

Mark

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