Petrograd and Leningrad is the old name of which city?

A. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
B. St. Petersburg, Russia
C. Tokyo, Japan
D. Beijing, China

Answer

Correct Answer: B. St. Petersburg, Russia


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The city was renamed Petrograd in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, because it sounded less German, was then named Leningrad after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, and again became St. Petersburg in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed.