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Leningrad
Former name for the city of St Petersburg.
On January 26, 1924, five days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad. Later some streets and other toponyms were renamed accordingly. ...more
On January 26, 1924, five days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad. Later some streets and other toponyms were renamed accordingly. ...more
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In addition, he had a rare first edition of Krylov’s Fables, with Krylov’s own notes handwritten on many of the pages, inserted into Gardiner’s package. The volume had been requisitioned from the private collection of a recently arrested Jewish member of the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.
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― Being There
― Being There
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In those years only the dead smiled, Glad to be at rest: And Leningrad city swayed like A needless appendix to its prisons.
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― Akhmatova: Poems
― Akhmatova: Poems
