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St_Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg)

Saint Petersburg

  1. A major city in Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).

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  • Leningrad (historical name of the city, still the name of the surrounding oblast)
  • Petrograd