naval engineering schools of st. petersburg pushkin , the naval engineering school was formed. institute. are already 26. admirals and generals 12 heroes of the soviet union and six heroes of russia august 31, 1914, st. petersburg was renamed petrograd in connection with the outbreak of world war i, by the decision of nicholas ii, germany became the main enemy and anti-german sentiment in the country grew the german shop and cafe thug music of german composers ceased to perform, and for talking in german they were fined, therefore, in their name , the frankly german second root burg was replaced by awards. and 10 years later, when the political situation in russia itself changed dramatically, the bolsheviks decided to remove st. peter, after whom the city was named, and to perpetuate the new name of the founder of the soviet state, vladimir lenin, so petrograd became leningrad in 1991, following a referendum, the city returned the name st. petersburg, august 31, 1928 in premiered in berlin. the penny opera has the most famous play by the german poet and playwright bertolt brecht based on