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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia. The name was formerly
St. Petersburg andPetrograd , and was changed back toSaint Petersburg (Sankt Peterburg in Russian) in 1992.
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- proper noun historical name given to the city of
Saint Petersburg from the time ofLenin 's death in 1924 until 1991. - proper noun name of Leningrad
oblast ,Russia , which excludesSaint Petersburg , the former administrative centre.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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As a result, he escorted me -- there was no other way he could have been able to communicate the information -- to another gallery with the second painting by Leonardo from St. Petersburg which was known as Leningrad when I lived there.
Alla Kazovsky: Broodwork's: It's About Time and Talking to Strangers Alla Kazovsky 2011
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As a result, he escorted me -- there was no other way he could have been able to communicate the information -- to another gallery with the second painting by Leonardo from St. Petersburg which was known as Leningrad when I lived there.
Alla Kazovsky: Broodwork's: It's About Time and Talking to Strangers Alla Kazovsky 2011
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Russian chess master born in Leningrad, Spassky attained the rank of international grand master in chess in 1955.
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I learned about the Siege of Leningrad from a former Army officer who had majored in history.
Matthew Yglesias » Cold War Hawks and the Soviet Economy 2010
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As a result, he escorted me -- there was no other way he could have been able to communicate the information -- to another gallery with the second painting by Leonardo from St. Petersburg which was known as Leningrad when I lived there.
Alla Kazovsky: Broodwork's: It's About Time and Talking to Strangers Alla Kazovsky 2011
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As a result, he escorted me -- there was no other way he could have been able to communicate the information -- to another gallery with the second painting by Leonardo from St. Petersburg which was known as Leningrad when I lived there.
Alla Kazovsky: Broodwork's: It's About Time and Talking to Strangers Alla Kazovsky 2011
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This is what Soviets in Leningrad thought when they would hear about the record harvests.
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I was born in Leningrad, Russia on the 14th of January.
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I was born in Leningrad, Russia on the 14th of January.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Unable to muster any enthusiasm for his easy and undeniably pleasant American youth, he hops on a Florida-bound plane to interview his Russian grandfather about life in Leningrad during World War II.
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