Leningrad

American

[len-in-grad, lyi-nyin-graht] / ˈlɛn ɪnˌgræd, lyɪ nyɪnˈgrɑt /

noun

a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg

Leningrad British

/ lɪninˈɡrat, ˈlɛnɪnˌɡræd /

noun

the former name (1937–91) of Saint Petersburg

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Leningrad Cultural

Name of Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 1924 to 1991. (See Saint Petersburg.)

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He describes Stalin’s promotion to head of the Leningrad Party in 1929, which never happened—Stalin was by that time consolidating his power across the U.S.S.R.

From The Wall Street Journal

He compared the women involved to looters during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II.

From The Wall Street Journal

Authorities in the Leningrad region said 28 drones were brought down and that a fire had broken out on a vessel in the Baltic port of Primorsk, Russia's largest oil terminal.

From BBC

The second-most populous city in Russia has not been called Leningrad since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, when the president was 45 years old.

From Salon

The 84-year-old survived the Siege of Leningrad as a very young child with her four siblings and mother.

From BBC

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