Show CITIES RENAMED I 1 those of us who kot got our smattering of political geography back in the nineteenth century have seen much of it repealed by the changes which have followed the world war he map of europe as we imper factly knew it ix IA row something vast ly different the names of several of the worlds most famous capitals have been changed some of them twice st petersburg was changed to pet bograd early in the world war and after the rise of lenin to power it was called leningrad and so remains Nor ways capital christians christiana reverted to its ancient name of oslo pekin or peking was changed to helping Pei Pel ping the old favorite spelling test constantinople stantin ople has been abolished and that turkish city no longer the capital is known as istanbul after discarding at various times its ita former names of stamboul By byrance zance byzantium etc but we worry there is no likelihood that our own washington will be changed for a long time to bome tome |