No. 8,130 in Russian
ленинграду
"Leningradu" is the dative case of "Ленинград" (Leningrad), the former name of St. Petersburg, meaning "to Leningrad" or "for Leningrad."
In a sentence
Я однажды был в Ленинграду.
I once visited Leningrad.
Dative case used to express direction towards a place.
Мы посвятили песню Ленинграду.
We dedicated a song to Leningrad.
Dative case used to indicate the indirect object of the action.
Мой дедушка рассказывал о Ленинграду.
My grandfather told stories about Leningrad.
Dative case mistakenly used, as it should be prepositional case 'о Ленинграде'.
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