Leningrad

E90774
city

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Leningrad canonical 120
Petrograd 84
City of Leningrad 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
casualtiesDuringSiege hundreds of thousands of civilians ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
currentName St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
dateRenamedFromPetrograd 1924-01-26 ⓘ
dateRenamedToSaintPetersburg 1991-09-06 ⓘ
formerNameOf St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
foundationDate 1703-05-27 ⓘ
foundedAs St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint 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 ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: USSR
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 Army ⓘ
surface form: Finnish forces

Nazi Germany ⓘ
siegeDuration about 872 days ⓘ
siegeEndDate 1944-01-27 ⓘ
siegeStartDate 1941-09-08 ⓘ
significantEvent Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
wasBesiegedDuring World War II ⓘ
wasRenamedFrom Leningrad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Petrograd
wasRenamedTo St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Referenced by (208)

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

Siege of Leningrad → location → Leningrad ⓘ
Alexander Friedmann → placeOfDeath → Leningrad ⓘ
Alexander Friedmann → workLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Alexander Friedmann → workLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
Army Group North → primaryObjective → Leningrad ⓘ
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union → previousName → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union → renamedFrom → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → headquartersLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Red Terror → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Leningrad State University → locatedIn → Leningrad ⓘ
Sergei Kirov → placeOfDeath → Leningrad ⓘ
Andrei Zhdanov → workLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
Yakov Sverdlov → workLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Yakov Sverdlov → residence → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Leningrad Oblast → formerAdministrativeCenter → Leningrad ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast → namedAfter → Leningrad ⓘ
Soviet montage school → location → Leningrad ⓘ
October: Ten Days That Shook the World → setInLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering → city → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Felix Dzerzhinsky → workLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → garrison → Leningrad ⓘ
Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → headquartersLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
Order of the October Revolution → notableRecipient → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Leningrad
Council of Ministers → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Council of Ministers → headquartersLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
July Days → hasLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Kornilov Affair → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Storming of the Winter Palace → hasLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Petrograd Soviet → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
April Crisis of 1917 → location → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition → routePoint → Leningrad ⓘ
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → namedAfter → Leningrad ⓘ
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → headquartersLocation → Leningrad ⓘ
April Theses → placeOfPresentation → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Dmitry Medvedev → birthPlace → Leningrad ⓘ
Decree on Peace → place → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad → locationOfServiceRequired → Leningrad ⓘ
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad → namedAfter → Leningrad ⓘ
Road of Life → connects → Leningrad ⓘ
Lake Ladoga ice road → servedCity → Leningrad ⓘ
Lake Ladoga ice road → startPoint → Leningrad ⓘ
Finnish offensive of 1941 → didNotCapture → Leningrad ⓘ
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era → locatedIn → Leningrad ⓘ
subject surface form: Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism
Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism during Soviet era → cityDuringExistence → Leningrad ⓘ
subject surface form: Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism
Lavr Kornilov → placeOfActivity → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
Alexander Kerensky → residence → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
The State and Revolution → placeOfPublication → Leningrad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrograd
City of Thieves → setting → Leningrad ⓘ