Database of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals - Place names

[Ann Komaromi]

Dear Elena,

It is a good question. The intention was to identify locations that can be found on maps today. Historical information pertaining to the time of production is supposed to be reflected in the city and country records, as well as in many edition imprints. I see that the cities are displayed with their relevant historical names, but that the country names are not. I think making the usage of present vs. historical names more clear may be in order. It looks to me like we need to work on displaying historical names for the republics as we tweak the design of the site. 

If you are able to take time to post this question on the Database Forum, I would be glad to have it visible to non-SEELANGS users of the site. 

Thank you,
Ann


Date:    Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:28:15 -0500
From:    Elena Gapova <e.gapova at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Database of Soviet Samizdat Periodicals

Dear Ann,

if they are *Soviet *periodicals, why *S. Petersburg *(as the place of
publication) and not Leningrad? The same question re *countries (*Russia,
Latvia), not *republics *(of the Soviet Union).
What is the intention of this use?

Elena Gapova

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