The name of the city of st. petersburg was changed following the russian revolution

to remember a tsar who had triumphantly led russia.
to celebrate the leader of the bolsheviks now in power.
to honor a fallen soldier who had fought valiantly during the civil war.
to recognize a general who led the red army in a three-year conflict.

The name of the city of St. Petersburg was changed following the Russian Revolution to celebrate the leader of the Bolsheviks now in power.

In January 1924, after the Bolshevik victory, the creation of the Soviet Union (1922) and the death of Lenin (1924), St. Petersburg changed its name to Leningrad, in honor of the communist leader Lenin.