-> On 06 Sep 03  11:00:36, Roman Lyubchak got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Today's_History

 DC> I'm not sure what you mean by "the shape of Amsterdam". 
I am  guessing
 DC> that you mean "founded by the Dutch".  

 RL> Probably I was wrong about New York, but Peter the 1st who founded St.
 RL> Petersburg liked Holland and especially Amsterdam, so he intended his
 RL> "paradise" to be like Holland capital.

OK, know I understand what meant.  

 
 DC> Peter Minuit "bought" Manhattan Island from the natives.  
 RL> Who was Peter Minuit?

The Dutchman who Manhattan.  It was actually a land 
swindle.  


 DC> (usually abreviated as NYC), you will note that  it is the Hudson River.
 DC> It was named after Henry Hudson,  an explorer for the Dutch.  

 RL> BTW, we have a special Russian pronouncing of this name, which is not
 RL> close to the original and wchih I personally don`t really like for
 RL> this. It is "Gud'zon", with a stress on the last syllable.

Translating names isn't always easy!  

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