Former name of St Petersburg (9)

I believe the answer is:

leningrad

(Other definitions for leningrad that I've seen before include "St Petersburg before nineteen ninety one" , "St Petersburg formerly" , "revolutionary city" , "Soviet period name for St Petersburg" , "St Petersburg some time ago" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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