Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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city former name of city

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union was the Soviet-era name for the historic Russian city now known as Saint Petersburg, a major cultural and industrial center.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leningrad	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ former name of city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	city of republican significance in Russian SFSR ⓘ
approximateSiegeDurationDays	872 ⓘ
attackedBy	Finland ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
capitalOf	Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dateRenamedFromPetrograd	1924-01-26 ⓘ
dateRenamedToSaintPetersburg	1991-09-06 ⓘ
defendedBy	Red Army ⓘ
formerNameOf	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
governedBy	Leningrad City Soviet ⓘ
governmentType	Soviet city administration ⓘ
heroCityTitleDate	1945-05-01 ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Europe ⓘ Europe ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
locatedNear	Gulf of Finland ⓘ
locatedOn	Neva River ⓘ
majorCulturalInstitution	Hermitage Museum ⓘ Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ Russian Museum ⓘ
majorIndustry	chemical industry ⓘ electronics ⓘ machinery manufacturing ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
namedAfter	Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
notableEvent	Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
partOf	Leningrad Oblast ⓘ Northwest Russia ⓘ surface form: Northwestern economic region of Soviet Union
populationPeakApprox	5,000,000 ⓘ
presentDayName	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
previousName	Leningrad ⓘ surface form: Petrograd St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
recognizedAs	Hero City of the Soviet Union ⓘ
renamedFrom	Leningrad ⓘ surface form: Petrograd
renamedTo	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
role	major cultural center of Soviet Union ⓘ major industrial center of Soviet Union ⓘ major port city of Soviet Union ⓘ
siegeEndDate	1944-01-27 ⓘ
siegeStartDate	1941-09-08 ⓘ
significance	second-largest city in Soviet Union ⓘ
timePeriod	1924–1991 ⓘ
timeZone	Moscow Time ⓘ
transportRole	major rail hub ⓘ major seaport on Baltic Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anton Yelchin → placeOfBirth → Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ⓘ

Vladimir Putin → placeOfBirth → Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad