Leningrad

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Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, is a major Russian city on the Baltic Sea that served as the imperial capital and endured a devastating World War II siege.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
casualtiesDuringSiege hundreds of thousands of civilians
country Russia
Soviet Union
currentName Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
dateRenamedFromPetrograd 1924-01-26
dateRenamedToSaintPetersburg 1991-09-06
formerNameOf Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
foundationDate 1703-05-27
foundedAs Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
foundedBy Peter the Great
hasCulturalHeritage Hermitage Museum
Winter Palace
historic city center
palaces and museums
hasTransport international airport
railway hub
seaport
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
heroCityTitleDate 1945
historicalEra Soviet era
isMajor cultural center of Russia
industrial center
port city
language Russian
locatedIn Leningrad Oblast
Northwestern Federal District
locatedNear Baltic Sea
locatedOn Gulf of Finland
Neva River
namedAfter Vladimir Lenin
partOf Russian SFSR
USSR
linked to: Soviet Union
populationEstimate over 4,000,000
recognizedAs Hero City
role imperial capital of Russia
servedAs capital of the Russian Empire
capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
siegeBy Finnish forces
linked to: Finnish Army

Nazi Germany
siegeDuration about 872 days
siegeEndDate 1944-01-27
siegeStartDate 1941-09-08
significantEvent Siege of Leningrad
wasBesiegedDuring World War II
wasRenamedFrom Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
wasRenamedTo Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg

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Siege of Leningrad location Leningrad
Alexander Friedmann workLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union previousName Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union renamedFrom Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Red Terror location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Sergei Kirov placeOfDeath Leningrad
Andrei Zhdanov workLocation Leningrad
Yakov Sverdlov workLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Yakov Sverdlov residence Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Leningrad Oblast namedAfter Leningrad
Soviet montage school location Leningrad
October: Ten Days That Shook the World setInLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering city Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Felix Dzerzhinsky workLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Order of the October Revolution notableRecipient City of Leningrad
linked to: Leningrad
Council of Ministers location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Council of Ministers headquartersLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
July Days hasLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Kornilov Affair location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Storming of the Winter Palace hasLocation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Petrograd Soviet location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
April Crisis of 1917 location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
April Theses placeOfPresentation Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Dmitry Medvedev birthPlace Leningrad
Decree on Peace place Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Road of Life connects Leningrad
Lake Ladoga ice road servedCity Leningrad
Lake Ladoga ice road startPoint Leningrad
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism locatedIn Leningrad
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism cityDuringExistence Leningrad
Lavr Kornilov placeOfActivity Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
Alexander Kerensky residence Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
The State and Revolution placeOfPublication Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad
City of Thieves setting Leningrad