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What was the city of Saint Petersburg known as during Kosygin's time?

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Leningrad is the Russian name for the city of Saint Petersburg. It was renamed Leningrad after the Russian Revolution in 1917 to honor Vladimir Lenin, who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party and the first leader of the Soviet Union. The city was renamed Saint Petersburg in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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