Russia’s Severnaya Zemlya archipelago could be renamed after Czar Nikolai II
The islands, discovered in 1913, were originally named after the Russian emperor, but were renamed by Soviet authorities in 1926.
October 23, 2020
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Some powerful voices in Russia are arguing that the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago should be renamed after the last ruler of the Russian Empire, Czar Nikolai II (commonly anglicized “Nicholas”).
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