On Wednesday, 15 April 2015 at 19:49:10 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:44:00 +0000, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
Yes, isn't it weird how regimes put little versions of their
capitals in
other countries? Is it a planned exile strategy in case of a
new
revolution?
Moscow, Idaho was originally named "Hog Heaven" but was changed
to
"Moscow" in 1877. Not sure what you can extract from that...
That fact puts Orwell's writings in a new light.
February 1877:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history
The Trial of the 193 occurred, punishing the participants of the
Narodnik rebellion.
The plot thickens.
