29 Jul Leningrad Posted at 15:12h in Glossary by Bena 0 Comments 0 Likes City of Lenin. -grad means city in old Russian. Petrograd was renamed Leningrad after Lenin died in 1924. In 1991, the city reverted from Leningrad to its original name of St. Petersburg. Share this...FacebookTwitterLinkedin
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