Leningrad

[ len-in-grad; Russian lyi-nyin-graht ]

/ ˈlɛn ɪnˌgræd; Russian lyɪ nyɪnˈgrɑt /

a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg(def 1)

Example sentences from the Web for leningrad

So many were arrested in Leningrad, the poet Anna Akhmatova said, that the city “dangled like an appendage from its prisons….”

When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth |Brian Moynahan |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It had triumphed since its twin premieres in Leningrad and Moscow in 1934.

When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth |Brian Moynahan |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In June 1989, the head of the KGB in Leningrad issued a public statement condemning secret-police crimes committed under Stalin.

How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin |Masha Gessen |November 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Dovlatov lived for a long time in Leningrad and gave a loving depiction of it, but nbsp;there is no street named for him there.

From Moscow to Queens, Down Sergei Dovlatov Way |Daniel Genis |September 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He sought out the remnants of Siam in Thailand, and Rhodesia in Zimbabwe, and Leningrad in St. Petersburg.

Discovering Underground Labyrinths, Remote Cities, and More of the World’s Lost Places |Nina Strochlic |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Determination of gravity at Leningrad by Russian scientists likewise has indicated that the 1906 Potsdam value is too high.

Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 |Anonymous
That they moved—I think they lived in Leningrad when she was a child.

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Actually, I have practically no memories of Leningrad, very few of my family.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds
Did Marina tell you that she had lived in Leningrad for awhile?

Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Three weeks in the rest home, and one week I spent in Leningrad with some friends.

Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Leningrad

/ (ˈlɛnɪnˌɡræd, Russian lɪninˈɡrat) /

the former name (1937–91) of Saint Petersburg

Leningrad

[ (len-in-grad, len-in-grahd) ]