Post-Soviet Linguistic landscape of Russia

[John Dunn]

Perhaps I could add a belated postscript by pointing out that Bologna was effectively run by the Communist Party from 1946 until the time when communists stopped being communists.  This has resulted in the city having to this day a Via Carlo Marx, a Viale Lenin, a Via Gorki and a Via Stalingrado, as well as a technical college named after Rosa Luxemburg; there is also a Via Del Lavoro and a Via Dell'Industria.  Subsequent political changes in Europe, Italy and Bologna itself seem not to have had any effect on urban nomenclature.  It is perhaps not always remembered that there were long-running communist administrations in various towns and cities in Italy and France (not to mention the Republic of San Marino), and it would be interesting at some point to compare the naming policies of these administrations and their successors with those of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

John Dunn.
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Thanks everyone again for all your help.  It has been invaluable.

Anne Marie



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