Saint-Petersburg is often called a northern capital of Russia. And it is recognized as a city of special importance by The Russian Constitution. There are only two cities of special importance in Russia – Saint-Petersburg and of course Moscow. No doubt Saint-Petersburg deserves such a status. The name of the city changed several times. At first the city was called Saint-Petersburg but it was renamed to Petrograd in 1914. Then in 1924 just after the death of Lenin the city was given the name Leningrad. In 1991 the old name Saint-Petersburg was given back to the city.
Russel White, the famous basketball player was in our tow Our editor, Stanley Davis, (1 met) him at the supermarket, last Saturday. Russel (2 was) very kind and he (3 spoke) to our editor about his visit. Russel (4 came) to our town last week. Did you know that his grandparents live in our town! This was a great surprise! Russel has many fans in our town. He (5 played) with the local basketball team three days ago and he also (6 visited) schools and sports camps in the area. Russel (7 had) no photographs with him so he (8 wrote) his name on a box of cat food and (9 gave) it to Stanley! Sadly, Stanley's cat (10 ate ) the box! Russel left for New York this morning but he will be back in our town next month!
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