After Lenin died, St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. Soon, several other cities would also be renamed after famous Bolshevik leaders. But why and how did Moscow escape this fate?
It all began with the relocation of the capital. After the October Revolution, before St. Petersburg had become Leningrad, it lost its function as the capital of Russia.
You may remember that by the time the Bolsheviks had their second revolution in 1917, St. Petersburg also briefly carried the name Petrograd (1914-1924). Now, with that confusing detail out of the way, let’s look at why Petrograd gave up its status to Moscow in 1918.
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