Etymology · German
Sankt Petersburg
2 English words descend from German Sankt Petersburg, most common first.
- PetrogradFormer name of Saint Petersburg, from 1914 (when Russia entered World War I) to 1924 (when Lenin died), a major city in Russia.
- Saint PetersburgA federal city and federal subject of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713 to 1728 and 1732 to 1918.