Question

The city, known in english as "st. Petersburg." was changed to "petrograd" in 1914 at the start of world war i because its original name sounded too german. In 1924, after lenin's death, the city was given its present name

Answer 1

Saint Petersburg has changed its name many times. During World War I, when Russia and Germany were fighting each other, Russians thought the name Sankt Peterburg sounded too German, so Tsar Nicholas II, on August 31 (August 18, Old Style), 1914 decided that the city was renamed Petrograd.