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what was the new name given to St Petersburg

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Answered by Raghav3333
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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.

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Answered by Anonymous
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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. In 1918 during the Russian revolution, the Soviet capital was moved to Moscow, still the capital of Russia now.

On January 26, 1924, five days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor. During World War II, the city was surrounded by the German army and under (siege) for twenty-nine months.

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