Sankt-Peterburg

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Sankt-Peterburg

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Transliteration of Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg).

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  1. alternative Alternative form of Saint Petersburg: A federal city and federal subject of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713 to 1728 and 1732 to 1918.

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@misc{sankt_peterburg_2026,
  title = {Sankt-Peterburg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sankt-peterburg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}