Multiple choice general knowledge The name of which city was changed to Petrograd and Leningrad? Moscow Tashkent Kiev St. Petersburg Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself D Correct answer Explanation St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd in 1914 during World War I due to anti-German sentiment, then renamed Leningrad in 1924 after Vladimir Lenin's death, and finally reverted to St. Petersburg in 1991 after the Soviet Union's collapse.