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by J.M. Coetzee

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why petersburg, and not st. petersburg?

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alissee Because that's how it's usually called. St.Petersburg, or Sankt-Peterburg in Russian, is the official name, but most of the time we shorten it to "Pet…moreBecause that's how it's usually called. St.Petersburg, or Sankt-Peterburg in Russian, is the official name, but most of the time we shorten it to "Petersburg" (or even "Piter").

It is the same in literature: the city is usually mentioned as Petersburg, and Dostoevsky himself called it thus.(less)

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