This city's Communist Party leaders were purged during a namesake "affair," and it was the site of the Decemberist revolt.
This city's Communist Party leaders were purged during a namesake "affair," and it was the site of the Decemberist revolt. This city was the site of a 900 day siege by German forces during the Second World War, though it is better known for the arrival of a figure by sealed train from Switzerland; that man was this city's (*) namesake for much of the twentieth century. Name this former capital of Russia, built by and named after a Czar known as "the Great," whose Soviet name was Leningrad.
This city's Communist Party leaders were purged during a namesake "affair," and it was the site of the Decemberist revolt.
{St. Petersburg} [accept {Leningrad} before mentioned]