Leningrad
a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def. 1)
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How to use Leningrad in a sentence
So many were arrested in Leningrad, the poet Anna Akhmatova said, that the city “dangled like an appendage from its prisons….”
It had triumphed since its twin premieres in Leningrad and Moscow in 1934.
In June 1989, the head of the KGB in Leningrad issued a public statement condemning secret-police crimes committed under Stalin.
How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin | Masha Gessen | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDovlatov lived for a long time in Leningrad and gave a loving depiction of it, but nbsp;there is no street named for him there.
From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way | Daniel Genis | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe sought out the remnants of Siam in Thailand, and Rhodesia in Zimbabwe, and Leningrad in St. Petersburg.
Discovering Underground Labyrinths, Remote Cities, and More of the World’s Lost Places | Nina Strochlic | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
All they saw were the continued orders, the repeated visits of Mr. John Smith to Leningrad on buying trips.
Revolution | Dallas McCord ReynoldsThey go only to Leningrad, spend a day or two, and go back again across the border.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyDid Marina tell you that she subsequently left Leningrad and moved to Minsk?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyDid Marina tell you that she had lived in Leningrad for awhile?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyYes; she told me she was living in Leningrad and then moved to Minsk.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for Leningrad
/ (ˈlɛnɪnˌɡræd, Russian lɪninˈɡrat) /
the former name (1937–91) of Saint Petersburg
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Cultural definitions for Leningrad
[ (len-in-grad, len-in-grahd) ]
Name of Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 1924 to 1991. (See Saint Petersburg.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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