List of places named after Vladimir Lenin

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This is a list of places which are located all around the world named or renamed in honor of famous Russian revolution leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the pen name Lenin.

Cities, towns, settlements and districts[]

Former Soviet Union[]

 Azerbaijan[]

 Armenia[]

  • Leninakan (1924–1990) — Gyumri

 Kazakhstan[]

  • Leninsk (1958–1995) — Baikonur
  • Leninogorsk (1941–2002) — Ridder

 Moldova[]

 Russia[]

 Tajikistan[]

  • Leninabad (1936–1992) — Khujand
  • Leningrad or Leningradskiy — Muminabad

 Ukraine[]

 Uzbekistan[]

Eastern Europe[]

 Hungary[]

Streets and squares[]

Almost every town in the Soviet Union had a street named after Lenin. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of those were renamed, but many others retained their names. This concerns also the names of city districts. Listed below are some of the streets named after Lenin, mostly outside the former Soviet Union.

On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements and (the many) streets and squares etcetera with a name related to Communism.[1] Places in Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic were not practically affected by this law due to a lack of Ukrainian control in those areas.

Former Soviet Union[]

 Armenia[]

  • Lenini hraparak (Lenin Square) – now Independence Square, Gyumri
  • Lenini hraparak (Lenin Square), 1940–1990 – now Republic Square, Yerevan
  • Lenini poghota (Lenin Avenue), 1924–1990 – now Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan

 Azerbaijan[]

 Belarus[]

  • Lieninski praspiekt (Lenin's Avenue), 1961–1991 – now Independence Avenue, Minsk
  • Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street), Brest
  • Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street), Grodno
  • Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street), Minsk
  • Plošča Lienina (Lenin Square), Brest
  • Plošča Lienina (Lenin Square, metro station), Minsk
  • Praspiekt Lienina (Lenin Avenue), Gomel
  • Praspiekt Lienina (Lenin Avenue), Zhodzina

 Estonia[]

  • Lenini prospekt (Lenin Prospekt), 1950–1994 – now Joala tänav, Narva[2]
  • Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), ?–1991 – now Pikk tänav, Pärnu[2]
  • Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), 1950–1991 – now Rävala puiestee, Tallinn[2]
  • V. I. Lenini puiestee (V. I. Lenin Avenue) – now Viru puiestee, Sillamäe[2]
  • Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), 1951–1990 – now Uus tänav, Kuressaare[2]
  • Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav, Põltsamaa[2]
  • Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – Tapa[2]
  • Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav and Riia tänav, Valga[2]
  • Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1990 – now Jüri tänav, Võru[2]
  • Lenini väljak (Lenin Square), ?–1991 – now Riiamäe plats, Tartu[2]
  • V. I. Lenini tänav (V. I. Lenin Street), ?–1992 – now Jaama tänav, Jõhvi[2]

 Georgia[]

 Kazakhstan[]

  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1919–1995 – now Dostyq Avenue, Almaty
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Karaganda

 Latvia[]

  • Ļeņina iela (Lenin Street), 1950–1991 – now Brīvības iela, Riga[3]
  • Ļeņina prospekts (Lenin Avenue), 1960–1990 – now Lielā iela, Jelgava[4]

 Lithuania[]

  • Lenino aikšte (Lenin Square), 1952–1991 – now Lukiškės Square, Vilnius
  • Lenino prospektas (Lenin Avenue), ?–1989 – now Vytauto prospektas, Kaunas
  • Lenino prospektas (Lenin Avenue), 1961–1989 – now Gediminas Avenue, Vilnius

 Moldova[]

  • Strada Lenin (Lenin Street), 1944–1952 and Bulevardul Lenin (Lenin Boulevard), 1952–1990 – now Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt, Chișinău

 Russia[]

  • Leninskaya Ploshchad (Lenin Square) – now Paveletskaya Ploshchad, Moscow
  • Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Arkhangelsk
  • Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Nizhny Novgorod
  • Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Novosibirsk
  • Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Saint Petersburg
  • Leninsky Prospekt (Lenin Avenue), Moscow
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Murmansk
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Nizhny Novgorod
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Volgograd
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Yekaterinburg
  • Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street) – now Kremlinskaya Ulitsa, Kazan
  • Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street), Pechory[2]
  • Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street), Saint Petersburg
  • Leninskaya Ulitsa (Lenin Street), Samara
  • Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street), Astrakhan
  • Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street), Perm
  • Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street), Novosibirsk

 Tajikistan[]

  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1961–1992 – now Rudaki Avenue, Dushanbe

 Ukraine[]

  • Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Donetsk
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Alchevsk
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1959–1990 – now Svobody Prospekt, Lviv
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1960–2016 – now Prospekt Miru, Mariupol
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1960–2016 – now Tsentralnyi Prospekt, Mykolaiv
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), ?–2016 – now Sobornyi Prospekt, Oleksandriia
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1952–2016 – now Sobornyi Prospekt, Zaporizhia
  • Vulytsya Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Vulytsya Yevheniya Kharchenka, Kyiv
  • Vulytsya Lenina (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – now Vulytsya Rishelievska, Odessa

 Uzbekistan[]

Eastern Europe[]

 Bulgaria[]

  • Bulevard V.I. Lenin (Lenin Boulevard) – now Tsarigradsko shose, Sofia
  • Ploshtad Lenin (Lenin Square) – now Ploshtad Sveta Nedelya, Sofia

 Czechoslovakia[]

  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now Evropská třída, Prague
  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now Kounicova ul., Brno
  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now Klišská ul., Ústí nad Labem
  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now ul. Palackého, Plzeň
  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now ul. E. Beneše, Písek
  • Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) – now Nádražní, Krnov
  • Leninovo nábrežie (Lenin riverbank) — now Nábrežie Jána Pavla II., Poprad
  • Ulica V. I. Lenina (V. I. Lenin Street)[5] — Šoporňa
  • Leninova (Lenin (metro station)) – now Dejvická, Prague
  • Leninova (Lenin Street) – now Hlavná ulica, Košice

 Hungary[]

  • Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Tisza Lajos körút, Szeged
  • Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Erzsébet körút and Teréz körút, Budapest
  • Lenin tér (Lenin square) – now Hatvani kapu tér, Eger[6]

 Poland[]

  • Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Henryka, Chrzanów
  • Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Jana Pawła II, Częstochowa
  • Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Ulica Chorzowska, Świętochłowice
  • Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street), 1949–1990 – now Ulica Jana Klemensa Branickiego, Białystok
  • Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Ulica Andersa, Tychy
  • Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Ulica Brata Alberta, Warsaw
  • Aleja Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), 1958–1991 – now Aleja Solidarności, Kraków
  • Aleja Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Mieczysława Smorawińskiego and Aleja Generała Władysława Andersa, Lublin
  • Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Henryka Le Ronda, Katowice
  • Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Armii Krajowej, Kołobrzeg
  • Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Stróżowska, Sanok

 Romania[]

  • Strada V.I. Lenin (V.I. Lenin Street) – now Strada Revoluției, Târgu Mureş
  • Bulevardul Lenin (Lenin Boulevard) - now Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989, Cluj-Napoca
  • Strada V.I. Lenin (V.I. Lenin Street) – now Strada Mihai Eminescu, Timișoara

 Slovakia[]

Places and parks[]

Eastern Europe[]

 Azerbaijan[]

  • Lenin rayonu (Lenin city district), Baku[citation needed]

 Belarus[]

  • Leninskiy rayon (Ленинский район ~ Lenin city district), Minsk

 Czech Republic[]

  • Závody V. I. Lenina (V. I. Lenin Works) – now Škoda Plzeň, Plzeň
  • Muzeum V. I. Lenina (V. I. Lenin Museum) – now Lidový dům ČSSD ( of ČSSD), Prague

 Estonia[]

  • Lenini rajoon (Lenin city district), Tallinn - later Lõunarajoon (Southern district), now restructured

 Russia[]

 Tajikistan[]

  • Lenin Peak, – now Avicenna Peak

 Romania[]

  • Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district), Bucharest

 Ukraine[]

  • V.I. Lenin Memorial Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station (Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant), Pripyat

Central America/Caribic[]

 Cuba[]

Streets and squares[]

Western Europe[]

 France[]

  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Achères, Yvelines
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Bègles
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Fontaine
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Gentilly
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Gonfreville-l'Orcher
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Lanester
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Romainville
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Saint-Denis
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
  • Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Villejuif
  • Avenue Vladimir Illitch Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Nanterre
  • Avenue Vladimir Illitch Lenine (Vladimir Ilich Lenin Avenue), Arcueil
  • Avenue Vladimir Illitch Oulianov Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Lorient
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Argenteuil
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Bobigny
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Eymoutiers
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Tremblay-en-France
  • Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard), Vénissieux
  • Passerelle Lénine (Lenin footbridge), Bègles
  • Passerelle Lénine (Lenin footbridge), Alès
  • Place Lénine (Lenin Square), Bègles
  • Place Lénine (Lenin Square), Bezons
  • Place Lénine, Champigny-sur-Marne / France
  • Place Lénine, Saint-Junien / France
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Bagnolet
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Blainville-sur-Orne
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Fenain
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Ivry-sur-Seine
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), L'Île-Saint-Denis
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), La Courneuve
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Longueau
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Montataire
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Montigny-en-Gohelle
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Nauroy
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Neuf-Mesnil
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Persan
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Petite-Forêt
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Portes-lès-Valence
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Saint-Cyr-l'École
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Saint-Martin-d'Hères
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Somain
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Thenon
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Unieux
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Vierzon
  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Viry-Châtillon
  • Cité Lénine (Housing project), 68 av de la République, Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris

 Finland[]

  • Lenininpuisto (Lenin Park), Helsinki
  • Lenin-museo (Lenin Museum), Tampere

 Germany[]

  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Landsberger Allee, Berlin
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue), Cottbus
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Lindenallee, Eisenhüttenstadt
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Am grünen Tal, Schwerin
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Zeppelinstraße, Potsdam
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Merseburger Straße, Halle
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Talstraße, Meissen
  • Leninallee (Lenin Avenue), Stendal
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square) – now Platz der Vereinten Nationen (United Nations Square), Berlin
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square) – now Wiener Platz (Vienna Square), Dresden
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Borne, Saxony-Anhalt
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Bützow
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Edderitz
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Ostrau (Petersberg, Saxony-Anhalt)
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Falkensee
  • Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Könnern
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street) – now Prager Straße (Prague Street), Leipzig
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Etgersleben
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Premnitz
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Saubach
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Teutschenthal
  • Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Zschornewitz

 Italy[]

"Master and Guide of the Revolution of the proletariat, the founder of the first socialist state in the world." Lenin Avenue in Luanda.

 United Kingdom[]

  • Lenin Terrace, Chopwell / England
  • Lenin Terrace, Stanley / England
  • Bevin Court, London, England, was originally intended be called Lenin Court. However, two letters of the building's sign were replaced to rename it after Ernest Bevin who died between its completion and inauguration. A bust of Lenin in the grounds was left in place, but was eventually removed after having been repeatedly vandalised by right-wing extremists.

Africa[]

 Angola[]

  • Avenida Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Luanda

 Benin[]

  • Place Lenin (Lenin Square), Cotonou

 Mozambique[]

  • Avenida Vladimir Lenine (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), Maputo

 South Africa[]

 Somalia[]

  • Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Mogadishu

 Tunisia[]

  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Tunis

Asia[]

 India[]

  • Lenin Sarani (Lenin Street), Kolkata
  • Lenin Street, Kolkata
  • Lenin Street, Erode
  • Lenin Street, Pondicherry, Puducherry
  • Lenin Centre, Vijayawada, Andhara Pradesh
  • Lenin Chowk, Muzaffarpur

 Malaysia[]

  • Lenin River, a river in the interior of Sarawak

 Vietnam[]

  • Lenin Park, Hanoi / Vietnam - now Reunification Park
  • Lenin Flower Garden, Hanoi photo
  • Suối Lenin (Lenin stream), Pắc Pó, Cao Bang

Other[]

A large number of enterprises and other objects in the former Soviet Union and other countries of the Socialist bloc were named after Lenin: for example, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin and Lenin Stadium. Additionally, every reasonably large settlement had a Lenin Street or Lenin Avenue ("Leninsky Prospekt").

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
    Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
    Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l "KNAB". EKI. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Rīgas ielas". Ciltskoki. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Jelgavas ielas". Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ Way: V. I. Lenina (81047927). OpenStreetMap
  6. ^ Street names – Hatvani kapu tér
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