Why was the Russian city St.Petersburg named in a Germanic way?
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The name is a mixture of the Saint's name and “burg”, a suffix with Dutch-German influence which means “city”. The first Russian Emperor wanted to build a city like those he saw in Europe – and for that purpose he chose the Neva swamps. From 1712 to 1918 it was Russia's capital, but then its role changed
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