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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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