Associations to the word «Leningrad»

Wiktionary

LENINGRAD, proper noun. (historical) The city of Saint Petersburg, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
LENINGRAD, proper noun. The oblast in Russia which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.

Dictionary definition

LENINGRAD, 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.

Wise words

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