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When it was first built it was called St. Petersburg. In 914 its name was changed to Petrograd, because St. Petersburg was thought to sound too Germanic and they were at war with Germany. A few days after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924 it was renamed Leningrad. Now that the Soviet Union has broken up, the name has been returned to St. Petersburg.

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It was called Leningrad for most of the Communist era in honor of Vladimir Lenin because Lenin had led the October Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 which started in that city. This revolution ushered in the Communist era. The city, which had been named Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in 1924 a few months after Lenin's death.

At the very beginning of the Communist era in 1917, St. Petersburg was called Petrograd. The name St. Petersburg had been changed to Petrograd in 1914 at the outbreak of World War 1 because the name sounded too Germanic and Russia was at war with Germany and the Central Powers.

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At first St. Petersburg was called Petrograd, then it was renamed Leningrad.

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