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Saint Petersburg, [a] formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, [b] is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.
Jan 4, 2019 · Learn how St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, became Petrograd and Leningrad in the 20th century. Discover the reasons and controversies behind the name changes and the city's current status.
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Sep 8, 2016 · Leningrad: The city that refused to starve. It was Leningrad, not Stalingrad that was the Eastern Front's real World War II humanitarian disaster. Nazi Germany sent hundreds of thousands of ...
May 10, 2024 · St. Petersburg, city and port, extreme northwestern Russia. It is a major historical and cultural center, as well as Russia’s second largest city. For two centuries (1712–1918) it was the capital of the Russian Empire. Its historic district was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1990.
The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege (alternatively a genocide aimed blockade depending on the definition) undertaken by the Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Germany 's Army Group North advanced from the south, while ...
Sep 8, 2016 · On September 8, 1941, German forces closed in around the Soviet city of Leningrad, initiating a siege that would last nearly 900 days and claim the lives of 800,000 civilians.
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of roughly 5.6 million residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in ...
