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This Russian city reverted to its old name once the Soviet Union broke up in 1991. During the Soviet era it was known as Leningrad. What is it called now?

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Vladivostok
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Novosibirsk
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Kiev
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St. Petersburg
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The correct option is D St. Petersburg
  • St. Petersburg is a Russian city in northwestern Russia, near the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg is the second biggest city in Russia.
  • In 1914, after the leader Lenin's death, it was renamed Leningrad in his honour. Leningrad again took its old name of St. Petersburg on September 6, 1991, when Russia stopped being communist.

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