Peterburg

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Peterburg

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From Russian Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg). By surface analysis, Peter + -burg.

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rare Synonym of Saint Petersburg: a federal city of Russia. This is the city of my prewar childhood, and for me personally it will remain Leningrad until my death. As for many old residents of Peterburg it remained Sankt-Peterburg until they died. To Aleksandr Benua, of all the mistakes of the “old” regime in Russia, it seemed that “the least justifiable [wa
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@misc{peterburg_2026,
  title = {Peterburg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peterburg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}