Petrograd

American  

[pe-truh-grad, pyi-truh-graht] / ˈpɛ trəˌgræd, pyɪ trʌˈgrɑt /

noun

1. former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg.

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Petrograd British  

/ pɪtraˈɡrat, ˈpɛtrəʊˌɡræd /

noun

1. a former name (1914–24) of Saint Petersburg

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Example Sentences

One moment we are considering what it might mean to replace the soundtrack of a film set in Petrograd in 1917 with something else.

From Los Angeles Times

Kornilov’s crack cavalry division stopped just outside Petrograd in the face of sabotage from left-wing railway workers and entreaties from civil society leaders.

From New York Times

In “Chimes,” Fitch follows Marina from the Russian countryside back to Petrograd, where she meets literary luminaries like Maxim Gorky.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually she returns to Petrograd and takes care of homeless children but soon enough she is swept away to meet the greats of Russian literature, such as Maxim Gorky.

From Los Angeles Times

The Committee on Public Information, which operated as an American propaganda ministry during the war, sent Edgar Sisson, a former muckraking journalist, to Petrograd in November 1917, before the Bolsheviks seized power.

From Salon