What Russian city had its name changed first to Petrograd, then Leningrad, before returning to its original name?
Petrograd Soviet Petrograd Soviet The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (, "Petrogradskiy soviet rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov") was a city council of Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), the capital of the Russian Empire. For brevity, it is usually called the Petrograd Soviet (, "Petrogradskiy soviet"). The soviet was established in March 1917 after the February Revolution as a representative body of the city's workers and soldiers, while the city already had its well established city council, the (Central Duma). During the revolutionary days, the council tried to extend its jurisdiction nationwide as a rival power center to the Provisional Government, creating what
The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name is a controversial poem by James Kirkup. It is written from the viewpoint of a Roman centurion who is graphically described having sex with Jesus after his crucifixion, and also claims that Jesus had had sex with numerous disciples, guards, and even Pontius Pilate. It was at the centre of the "Whitehouse v. Lemon" trial for blasphemous libel, where the editor of "Gay News", which first published in the poem in 1976, was convicted and given a suspended prison sentence. It was the last