01 prop. n. A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia. The name was formerly St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and was ch…
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A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia. The name was formerly St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and was changed back to Saint Petersburg (Sankt Peterburg in Russian) in 1992. Also: St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg
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St. Petersburg, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg.