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...Moscow and Petersburg, Lenin swiftly turned nationalist, calling on Russians to defend "the Socialist fatherland...
During the St. Petersburg textile strikes of 1895, Vladimir was arrested, spent a year in jail, followed by three years' banishment to Siberia. "It is in prison," he said later, "that one becomes a real revolutionary...
...sped across Germany, Lenin telegraphed orders to his lieutenants. In Stockholm, there was a hasty meeting with Red agents, and time to buy an overcoat and a pair of shoes. Next evening, at twilight, the train pulled into St. Petersburg's dingy Finland Station, and Lenin stepped to the platform, unsure whether he was to be welcomed or arrested...
...Petersburg Invitational Regatta March 28 and 29 Stookey, Dave Gants, and Tim Prince co-skippered the Crimson to first place in the Fish class. Against seven other schools the team performed consistently and finished with 1-2-4-3-3-3-3 placings. Florida State was second and St. Petersburg Junior College third. The graff-rigged keel sloops posed quite a problem for the sailors, whose experience has been mostly center-board cat boats...
Every Thursday night at 8 o'clock thousands of Minneapolis and St. Paul housewives flip on their television sets to watch a video tape of the horse races at St. Petersburg's Sunshine Park. Their object is not to collect on a $2 bet but to match the numbers of the winning horses with numbers on cards that they picked up at their local National Food supermarket. The prizes are trading stamps-1,000 for a win, 500 for a place, 100 for a show...