GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Leningrad
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Stalingrad
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Petroburg
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Trotskygrad
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Detailed explanation-1: -The city, known in English as “St. Petersburg.” was changed to “Petrograd” in 1914 at the start of World War I because its original name sounded too German. In 1924, after Lenin’s death, the city was given its present name. The current debate has ranged far beyond the city limits.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Communism began to collapse, Leningrad changed its name back to St Petersburg.
Detailed explanation-3: -Petersburg as the Capital of Russia, thus displacing Moscow as the seat of government. It remained Russia’s capital city until 1918, when by Lenin’s decree Moscow was restored to its ancient primacy. The city’s name has bounced around: For a decade in the 1900’s it was called the more Russian, Petrograd.