Petrograd

Speech parts

1. Petrograd - Noun

2. Petrograd - Proper noun

Meaning

a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Leningrad Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg Peterburg Venice of the North Petersburg Pietersburg cultural capital northern capital the hermitage city the city of canals the city of festivals the city of palaces the city on the neva the window to europe

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Phrases with the word

in petrograd

Examples

After graduating from high school in the Crimea at 16, Rand returned with her family to Petrograd (as Saint Petersburg was renamed at that time), where they faced desperate conditions, on occasion nearly starving. Source: Internet

After the loss of Helsinki, most of them, only Edvard Gylling standing by his warriors, moved to Petrograd on 25 April 1918. Source: Internet

According to reports, Pavel Dybenko was in Helsingfors organizing the sailors' departures for Petrograd. Source: Internet

All practical work in connection with the organization of the uprising was done under the immediate direction of Comrade Trotsky, the President of the Petrograd Soviet. Source: Internet

Barmine, Alexander, One Who Survived, New York: G.P. Putnam (1945), footnote, p. 21 Voroshilov headed the Petrograd Police during 1917 and 1918. Source: Internet

Bolsheviks were arrested, workers were disarmed, and revolutionary military units in Petrograd were disbanded or sent to the war front. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

petroglyphic petroglyphy petrogr. petrogram petrograph petrographer