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Saint Petersburg

City in Russia; the imperial capital, called Petrograd in 1914–1924 and Leningrad in 1924–1991.

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Petrograd, Leningrad, St. Petersburg
In Saint Petersburg

Petrograd was the scene of the February Revolution and the October Revolution of 1917, and the destination of Vladimir Lenin’s sealed train.

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  1. How We Arrived (report to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet), Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 24, Progress Publishers), 17 Apr 1917. Primary record
    This article was a report to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet made by Lenin the day after his arrival in Petrograd on April 4 (17), 1917
  2. The Minister in Sweden (Morris) to the Secretary of State, March 15, 1917 (FRUS 1918, Russia, vol. I, doc. 3), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 15 Mar 1917. Primary record
    In case telegraphic communication is interrupted with Petrograd owing to revolution I am cabling following
  3. To the Citizens of Russia!, Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 26, Progress Publishers), 7 Nov 1917. Primary record
    The Provisional Government has been deposed. State power has passed into the hands of the organ of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
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