Leningrad

[len-in-grad; Russian lyi-nyin-graht] /ˈlɛn ɪnˌgræd; Russian lyɪ nyɪnˈgrɑt/
noun
1.
a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
British Dictionary definitions for Leningrad

Leningrad

/ˈlɛnɪnˌɡræd; Russian lɪninˈɡrat/
noun
1.
the former name (1937–91) of Saint Petersburg
Leningrad in Culture
Leningrad [(len-in-grad, len-in-grahd)]

Name of Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 1924 to 1991. (See Saint Petersburg.)