Leningradskij vokzal

[Yoshimasa Tsuji]

Leningradskij Vokzal hasn't been renamed. Among the most prominent
names that haven't changed, Leningradskaja Oblast' stands out.
St Petersburg was so renamed by a popular vote, other names did
not change either because there were no votings or they were voted
against in the district concerned.
  It is interesting that Petrogradskaja Storona -- a district of
Leningrad -- preserved the name all through the Soviet period. They don't do
things thoroughly.

Cheers,
Tsuji

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New names haven't fully settled yet. When I told the ticket salesperson
I wanted a ticket to Peterburg, I was asked, "Sankt??" One of my colleagues
who specializes in  Goskomstat data -- as he hardly speaks Russian --
always refers to the town as Sankt: he once told me he picked it up in
Moscow. Native speakers of English correctly pronouce St Petersburg, but
I have never heard Russians pronounce that way in "English". Perhaps they
think Russian names should be pronounced in a Russian fashion.

Old people haven't quite adapted to new names. I remember having been
asked at a Moscow underground station Chisty Prudy if we were at Kirovskaja.
And here in Petersburg, few taxi drivers know what is Kirochnaja:
Saltykov Shhedrin is too familiar.

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