how to pronounce петроград

/pʲɪtrɐˈɡrat/

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петроград is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of петроград in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… хорошие на тут из петроград приехал кто …”

meanings of петроград

noun:

Petrograd (short-lived name of Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia, from 1914 until 1924, when it became Leningrad).

петроград frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word петроград occurs in russian on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.