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Leningrad (Russian: Ленинград) is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Leningrad may also refer to:

Places

• Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg
• Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province

History

• Siege of Leningrad, 1941–44, by the Axis armis during World War II
• Leningrad Affair, 1949–53 Stalinist purge of the Leningrad cell of the Communist Party

Military

• Leningrad class destroyer, 1930s Soviet Navy vessels
• Leningrad Narodnoe Opolcheniye Army (July-September 1941), for the defence of Leningrad
• Leningrad Front (1941–5), successor to the preceding
• Leningrad Military District, of the Russian Armed Forces, successor to the preceding

Music

• Leningrad (band), Russian ska/punk band
• Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) (Op. 60), a symphony by Shostakovich, subtitled Leningrad
• "Leningrad" (song), 1989 song by Billy Joel
• "Leningrad", track #3 on The Storyman, 2006 album by Chris de Burgh
• Leningrad Taneiev Quartet, string quartet
• Leningrad Rock Club, 1980s music venue

Other

• 2046 Leningrad, an asteroid named for Leningrad
• Leningrad (computer), ZX Spectrum clone
• Leningrad Zoo
• Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant and Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II
• Leningrad Gospels, illuminated manuscript c.800
• Leningrad Codex, Hebrew Bible manuscript c.1000

Ships

• Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad, 1968 naval vessel
• Leningrad class destroyer in service 1936-63
• Leningrad schooner-yacht is vessel

[edit] See also

• Leningradsky

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