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Leningrad

American

[len-in-grad, lyi-nyin-graht] / ˈlɛn ɪnˌgræd, ljɪ njɪnˈgrɑt /

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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Drones also damaged a warehouse near Krasny Bor in northwestern Russia, wounding one person, according to Leningrad regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Born in 1984 to educators in what was then Leningrad, Durov has long been fascinated with language and history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

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 ● Sep. 12, 2025

In the fall of 1942, people in Leningrad had nothing left to eat but wallpaper paste and broth made of boiled leather.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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