| Leningrad | prop. n. A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia. The name was formerly St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and was changed back to Saint Petersburg (Sankt Peterburg in Russian) in 1992. Syn. -- St. Petersburg, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| Leninism | prop. n. a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin; called also Marxism-Leninism. Syn. -- bolshevism, collectivism, Marxism-Leninism, Marxism, Sovietism, sovietism. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |