Petrograd

[ pe-truh-grad; Russian pyi-truh-graht ]

/ ˈpɛ trəˌgræd; Russian pyɪ trʌˈgrɑt /

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noun

former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def. 2).

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Words nearby Petrograd

petrodollar, petrodollars, petrog., petrogenesis, petroglyph, Petrograd, petrogram, petrograph, petrography, petrol, petrolatum

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How to use Petrograd in a sentence

In the February Revolution of 1917, the tsar was returning from the front to address an insurrection that was roiling his capital of Petrograd.
Tsar Nicolas II Thought Vodka Was Hurting Russians—But Banning It Helped Destroy His Empire|Mark Lawrence Schrad|July 20, 2021|Time
His more than 800-page book is a half-biography, being limited to the years up to the October 1917 revolution in Petrograd.
Did Stalin’s rise to power foretell the butchery that came next?|Robert Service|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
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|Various
And 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|Various

His 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 Overton
When owing to the illness of her old mother she was compelled to return to Petrograd what relief we all felt!
The Dark Forest|Hugh Walpole
In 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

Petrograd

/ (ˈpɛtrəʊˌɡræd, Russian pɪtraˈɡrat) /

noun

a former name (1914–24) of Saint Petersburg

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