1984 Tatyana Kazankina of U.S.S.R. sets 3k woman record (8:22.62) in Leningrad
1974 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen
1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad
1970 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane
1969 Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1961 Ella Arolovich, Leningrad U.S.S.R., model
1960 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitch 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad
1956 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 6th Iron quartet premieres in Leningrad
1955 D Shostakovitch' "From Jewish Folk Poetry," premieres in Leningrad
1953 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1949 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
1947 Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985-
1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed
1943 Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad
1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad
1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) by Germany begins
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
1940 Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina, Kirov, /defected 1970
1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1939 Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph
1934 Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
1934 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad
1930 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "Zolotoy Vyek," premieres in Leningrad
1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956
1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad
1930 Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad
1929 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
1926 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Pianoconcert
1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly
1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1924 Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad
1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
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