Where is the Leningrad that was blackaded by Germany during WWII? Like what country?

Question

*blockaded*

Answer 1

As its name says, built by Tsar Peter The Great as his new capital instead of the old "religious capital" Moscow, and his "Window to Europe". It was the scene of one of the first actions of the October Revolution : the storming of the Winter Palace. After the Revolution the capital was moved back to Moscow. One of the most important museums of the world, the Hermitage, is in Leningrad/St. Petersburg.

800,000 civilians, out of a population of 3 million, died during the Siege by the German Army between September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944.

Its name was recently changed back to St. Petersburg, probably to please the monarchists and the Russian-Orthodox church who worship Tsar Nicholas as a "saint" and "martyr".

Find it on the map :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saint_Petersburg_In_Europe.png

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=st.+petersburg,+russia&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.984987,81.474609&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=4&ll=59.933,30.410156&spn=21.72974,81.474609&om=1

http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php#mvt=m&tp=1&tt=st.%20petersburg,%20russia&trf=0&lon=30.146484&lat=59.998987&mag=14

Answer 2

Leningrad was the "second city" after Moscow in the former Soviet Union. The Germans besieged Leningrad from 1941 until 1944. A German general von Paulus went into captivity as a prisoner of war, together with 600,000 German soldiers. During the siege of Leningrad, Dmitri Shostakovitch wrote his Symphony No.7. You should buy it on CD and listen to it.

Answer 3

It's in Russia, located on the Volga River it was originally named St. Petersburg then renamed Leningrad to honor Lenin the a few years ago it was changed back to St. Petersburg

Answer 4

Leningrad is now called St Petersburg; it is in Russia.

Answer 5

Russia

Answer 6

Hmm...think...WWII...and Lenin.

Russia.

Answer 7

russia. i remember a war documentary about that city and stalingrad.