Leningrad
Petersburg, Soviet era
Leningrad was the name of Russia's second-largest city from 1924 to 1991, honoring Vladimir Lenin after his death.
The city was founded as St.
Petersburg in 1703, became Petrograd in 1914, then Leningrad, before reverting to St.
Petersburg after the Soviet collapse.
The siege of Leningrad during World War II, lasting nearly 900 days, remains one of history's deadliest blockades.
Sealing off a place
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
rationing · shelling · civilians · survival · encirclement · famine · air raids · artillery
Major Russian Baltic port
- canalsConstructed water passages
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
- palacesGrand royal residences
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
Major Russian art institution
- ShostakovichSoviet orchestral composer
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
poetry · literature · avant-garde · Constructivism · opera · conservatory
Former communist superpower
- communistCollectivist political adherent
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- BolsheviksLenin's revolutionary party
- renamedGiven a new designation
Stalin · revolutionary · proletariat · socialist · collectivization · industrialization · purges · NKVD
Offbeat fusion with aggression
Major Russian Baltic port
- 1924Specific calendar year
- 1991Late twentieth century year
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- restorationReturning something to condition
blockade
Sealing off a place
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
Red Army · rationing · shelling · civilians · survival · encirclement · famine · air raids · artillery · heroism
Saint Petersburg
Major Russian Baltic port
Winter Palace · metro · Baltic Sea · Gulf of Finland · white nights
Hermitage
Major Russian art institution
- ShostakovichSoviet orchestral composer
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
philharmonic · poetry · literature · avant-garde · Constructivism · opera · conservatory
USSR
Former communist superpower
- communistCollectivist political adherent
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- BolsheviksLenin's revolutionary party
renamed · Stalin · revolutionary · proletariat · socialist · collectivization · industrialization · purges · NKVD · party
ska-punk
Offbeat fusion with aggression
Saint Petersburg
Major Russian Baltic port
- 1924Specific calendar year
- 1991Late twentieth century year
- KönigsbergHistoric Baltic port city
- Petersburg LiteratureDostoevsky, Pushkin, Nabokov, Crime and Punishment
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
- Russian HistorySoviet Union, tsars, Tsarist Russia, Romanov, czars
LeningradSt. Petersburg
Russian Baltic port city
Saint Petersburg · Petrograd · Stalingrad · Volgograd · Moscow
LeningradNew York
Northeastern metropolis and state
Washington D.C. · London · Paris · West Berlin · Bonn
- Siege of LeningradProlonged WWII encirclement causing mass famine