When the Bolsheviks seized power in Autumn 1917, and attacked the Winter Palace, was the capital city St Petersburg and was it called St Petersburg or had it had it's name changed for whatever reason!? Thanks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: St Petersburg had been renamed Petrograd in 1914, as St Petersburg sounded too German!. The Bolsheviks moved the capital to Moscow in 1918, because the the Interventionalist could have taken the city quite easily!. See: http://www!.saint-petersburg!.com/history/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Revolution of 1905 initiated here and spread rapidly into the provinces!. With the start of World War I, the name Saint Petersburg was perceived to be too German, so in 1914 the city was renamed Petrograd!.[5] In 1917 the February Revolution, which put an end to the Russian monarchy, and the October Revolution, which ultimately brought Vladimir Lenin to power, broke out in Petrograd!.[6] The city's proximity to the border and anti-Soviet armies forced the Bolsheviks under Lenin to transfer the capital to Moscow on March 5, 1918!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It was called St Petersburg ! The name was changed when the commies toke power and returned to St Petersburg after the fall of communismWww@QuestionHome@Com Yes, it was still the capital!. During the war they had changed the name to Petrograd to make it sound less German!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It was called Petrograd by thenWww@QuestionHome@Com |