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Saturday, January 08, 2000, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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OT: Country and City names:

>>     Istanbul not Constantinople, of course.  ;)

AVK> But following your logic, St.Petersburg is definitely still Leningrad. But I'm 
not 
AVK> going to adjust my signature just in order to fit you tastes:-)

Vice  versa.  Former Constantinople is called Istanbul officially now.
BTW  in  Russian  it  sounds  like  Stambul.  AFAIK  St. Petersburg is
official name now (St. Petersburg, but Leningrad region around it).

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