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Learning about key battleground at the eastern front (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leningrad

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'battleground at the eastern front' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'learning about key' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'key' becomes 'd' (musical key).
'learning' anagrammed gives 'leningra'.
'leningra'+'d'='LENINGRAD'

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(Other definitions for leningrad that I've seen before include "Former name of city" , "St Petersburg some time ago" , "St Petersburg, 1924-91" , "Soviet period name for St Petersburg" , "Name of St Petersburg from 1924 to 1991" .)

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