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Leningrad

LENINGRAD, the official name of St. Petersburg as of 26 January 1924, initiated by Petrograd Soviet and adopted by the decree of the Second Congress of the Soviets of the USSR after the death of V.I. Lenin; the actual initiator of the decree was G.E

Paradiz

PARADIZ (from French рaradis - "paradise"), an unofficial name, Tsar Peter the Great used for St. Petersburg in his correspondence with members of the family and friends starting from 1705. Reference: Письма и бумаги императора Петра Великого

Petrograd

PETROGRAD, official name of St. Petersburg since 18 August 1914, chosen after Russia entered the First World War of 1914-18; it replaced the German name St. Petersburg

Petropol

PETROPOL (from Ancient Greek Petropolis, the city of Peter), the name attached to St. Petersburg and St. Peter and Paul Fortress and used in restricted contexts until the designation St. Petersburg was assigned to the city

Piter

PITER is a colloquial name of St. Petersburg that appeared in the beginning of the 18th century as the abbreviation of the original city's name "Saint Peters-Burgh"

"Severnaya Palmyra"(North Palmyra)

"SEVERNAYA PALMYRA" (North Palmyra) is a poetic name of St. Petersburg that came into Russian literature in the second half of the 18th century. In the ancient times

Toponymy of St. Petersburg

TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation