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List of places named after Vladimir Lenin

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A street scene in Luanda, Angola, featuring a monument dedicated to Lenin.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known by the name Lenin, was a key leader who helped create a large country called the Soviet Union. After his time, many places were named after him to honor his role in history.

All over the Soviet Union and its allied countries, you could find streets, squares, towns, and even bigger areas called “Lenin something.” This was because many people looked up to Lenin and wanted to remember him.

When the Soviet Union ended, many of these places changed their names back to what they were called before. But in some countries that are still friendly with Russia, like Belarus, the name Lenin is still used in many locations today.

Cities, towns, settlements and districts

Former Soviet Union

Azerbaijan

Many places in Azerbaijan used names connected to Lenin from 1924 until around 1990. Some of these places include Ilyich, Lenin, Leninkend, Leninfeld, Leninabad, Leninavan, Leninkənd, Leninkend, Port-İliç, and Pamyat' Lenina. These places are now known by different names.

Armenia

In Armenia, a city called Leninakan used Lenin's name from 1924 to 1990. It is now called Gyumri.

Kazakhstan

In Kazakhstan, two places used Lenin's name: Leninsk from 1958 to 1995, now called Baikonur, and Leninogorsk from 1941 to 2002, now called Ridder.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan had several places with Lenin's name, such as Lenin, Leninjol, and Leninpol. These places are now known by different names.

Moldova

There is a place called Lenin in Transnistria, Moldova.

Russia

Russia has many places named after Lenin, including Leninaul, Leningori, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Leningrad Oblast, Leninkent, Leninogorsk, Leninsk in Volgograd Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast, Leningradsky in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Leninsk (now Taldom), Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Leninskaya Sloboda, Gorki Leninskiye, Leninskoye in Kirov Oblast and Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Leninsky in Tula Oblast and Yakutia, Novo-Lenino, Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk), and Leninsky District in several regions.

Tajikistan

Tajikistan had Leninabad from 1936 to 1992, now called Khujand, and Leningrad or Leningradskiy, now called Mu'minobod.

Ukraine

Ukraine had places like Illichivsk (now Chornomorsk), Lenin Raion in Sevastopol, Lenine Raion in Crimea, and Lenine city in Crimea.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan had a place called Leninsk from 1937 to 1991, now called Asaka.

Eastern Europe

Hungary

Hungary had a place called Leninváros from 1970 to 1991, now called Tiszaújváros.

Streets and squares

Almost every town in the former Soviet Union had a street named after Lenin. After the Soviet Union ended, some of these streets and squares (mainly outside of Russia and Belarus) changed back to their old names or got new ones. In Russia, there are still 5,000 streets named after Lenin. This also includes the names of city districts. Below are some of the streets named after Lenin, especially those outside the former USSR or its Eastern Bloc.

On 15 May 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for removing communist monuments and renaming settlements and streets and squares with names related to the communist regime. Places in Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic were not affected by this law due to their occupation by Russia.

Former Soviet Union

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Estonia

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

Georgia

Kazakhstan

The House of Culture in Elektrostal, along Prospekt Lenina

Latvia

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

Lithuania

Moldova

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

Russia

Tajikistan

Ukraine

  • Ploshcha Lenina (Площа Леніна, Lenin Square), Donetsk
  • Prospekt Lenina (Проспект Леніна, Lenin Avenue), Alchevsk
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1959–1990 – now Svobody Prospekt, Lviv
  • Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1960–2016 – now Prospekt Miru, Mariupol
  • Poshcha Lenina (Lenin Square), ?-2014, 2022-now, changed to "Freedom Square" it was reversed in 2022, 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 (Вулиця Леніна, Lenin Street) – now Vulytsya Yevheniya Kharchenka, Kyiv
  • Vulytsya Lenina (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – now Vulytsya Rishelievska, Odesa

Uzbekistan

Eastern Europe

A street sign marking Avenue Lénine in Arcueil

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) — now Sadová, 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

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

Western Europe

France

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

Finland

Germany

Italy

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 anti-communists.

Southeastern Europe

Montenegro

  • Bulevar Lenjina (Lenin Boulevard), 1948–1991 – now Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjski, Podgorica
  • Bulevar Lenjina, Cetinje

Serbia

Africa

Angola

A statue of Lenin in Lenin Flower Garden
  • Avenida Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Luanda

Benin

  • Place Lenin (Lenin Square), Cotonou

Mozambique

  • Avenida Vladimir Lenine (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), Maputo

South Africa

Somalia

Tunisia

  • Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Tunis

Asia

India

Malaysia

  • Lenin River, a river in the interior of Sarawak

Vietnam

Places and parks

Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan

  • Lenin rayonu (Lenin city district), Baku

Belarus

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 (People's House of ČSSD), Prague

Estonia

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

Russia

Tajikistan

Romania

  • Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district), Bucharest

Ukraine

Central America/Caribbean

Cuba

Other

Many places and buildings in countries that were once part of the Soviet Union were named after Lenin. This included a nuclear-powered icebreaker called Lenin and stadiums named after him in many towns and cities. Also, most larger towns had streets or squares named after Lenin, like Lenin Street or Lenin Square.

Images

Portrait of Vladimir Lenin from 1920, a leader in Russian history.

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