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- Russian · borrowed fromЛенингра́д
- English todayLeningrad
Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád), from Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”) + град (grad, “city”). Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin.
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Leningrad
Today it means: Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. Full definition →
Russian Ленингра́д