Leningrad

American  

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

noun

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

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Leningrad British  

/ lɪninˈɡrat, ˈlɛnɪnˌɡræd /

noun

1. the former name (1937–91) of Saint Petersburg

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Leningrad Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

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

As a boy growing up in Leningrad, Mark Shterenberg developed a fascination with the way things worked — the challenge of taking them apart, the responsibility of putting them back together.

From Los Angeles Times