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Leningrad

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Len·in·grad  (lnn-grd)
See Saint Petersburg.
Leningrad [ˈlɛnɪnˌgræd (Russian) lɪninˈgrat]
n
(Placename) the former name (1937-91) of Saint Petersburg
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Noun1.Leningrad - a city in the European part of RussiaLeningrad - a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
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Leningrad [ˈlenɪngræd] N (Hist) → Leningrado m
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As the Leningrad Radio Orchestra, it was the only orchestra to remain in the city during the Second World War siege of Leningrad when it gave more than 300 performances, including the historic premiere of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony in August 1942.
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Byline: ANI Moscow, July 10 (ANI): Eighteen years after St Petersburg shed its Soviet-era name of Leningrad, the Leningrad railway station in Moscow is to be renamed.
Leningrad station to be renamed after Russia's last Tsar by Asian News International
RUSSIA helped turn the tide of the Second World War in January 1944 when the Red Army broke the blockade of Leningrad, which had been besieged by German forces since July 1941.
Remember When? 1944 by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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