Petrograd
former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def. 2).
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How to use Petrograd in a sentence
Of course, when my sister went to Petrograd she was no longer under my immediate care and I was left all alone.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousAnd as in danzig thought he stoodThe Petrograd, with eyes of flame, Came ypring through the cracow wood,And longwied as it came.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousHis knowledge of out-of-the-way places in different parts of the world—Paris, Petrograd—is not usual.
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin OvertonWhen owing to the illness of her old mother she was compelled to return to Petrograd what relief we all felt!
The Dark Forest | Hugh WalpoleIn the hospital at Petrograd they had been, I gathered, "all serious and old," had treated her I fancy with some sternness.
The Dark Forest | Hugh Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for Petrograd
/ (ˈpɛtrəʊˌɡræd, Russian pɪtraˈɡrat) /
a former name (1914–24) of Saint Petersburg
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