This was not exclusive to the United States. In the Russian Empire, they renamed St. Petersburg to Petrograd in 1914 before changing it to Leningrad following Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924. In the U.S., they renamed streets as well. German and Berlin Street in Cincinnati were renamed to English and Woodward Street. In Chicago, Lubeck Street, Frankfort Street, and Hamburg Street were renamed to Dickens Street, Charleston Street, and Shakespeare Street. New Orleans changed Berlin Street to Pershing Street in honour of General John J. Pershing and in Indianapolis, Bismarck Avenue and Germania Street were renamed to Pershing Avenue and Belleview Street. In Brooklyn, Hamburg Avenue was renamed to Wilson Avenue in honour of President Woodrow Wilson.

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