Leningrad

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Saint Petersburg, major city Russia (country), from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
• oblast Russia (country), which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.

Related

Similar words

• Petrograd
• Saint Petersburg

Origin

• Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д, from Ле́нин + град. Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin.