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Definition of Leningrad

1. 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.

Definition of Leningrad

1. Proper noun. name given to the city of Saint Petersburg from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. ¹

2. Proper noun. name of Leningrad oblast, Russia, which excludes Saint Petersburg, the former administrative centre. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Leningrad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"the unfavorable strategic situation of Leningrad itself seemingly fits in ... Strategically, therefore, Leningrad is the given point for a German attack in ..."

2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... osnovaniya i fundamenty (Soil mechanics, bearing ground, and foundations). Leningrad, Tr. LISI (Trans. LISI), no. 61, 1970. ..."

3. Guide to the Boris I. Nicolaevsky Collection in the Hoover Institution Archives by Anna M. Bourguina, Michael Jakobson (1989)
"2 Akademii nauk SSSR izdatel'stvo, Moscow-Leningrad, 1935 3 Akademii nauk ... Petersburg, 1897 Mezhdunarodnaia kniga Leningrad office 14 Mimeographed and ..."

4. Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova (2005)
"Chapter 11 THE Leningrad AFFAIR Hie survivors of the siege, in later years, often looked back on those days as some of their happiest. ..."

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