List of places named after Vladimir Lenin explained
This is a list of places which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin. Some or all of the locations in former Soviet republics and satellites were renamed (frequently reverting to pre-Soviet names) after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the names of the thousands of streets, avenues, squares, regions, towns, and cities that were given Lenin's name as part of his cult of personality.[1] [2] [3]
Cities, towns, settlements and districts
Former Soviet Union
Azerbaijan
Armenia
- Leninakan (1924–1990) — Gyumri
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Russia
- Leninaul, a town in Dagestan
- Leningori (1924?-1990) — Akhalgori/Leningor (from 1990), South Ossetia
- Leningrad (1924–1991) — St. Petersburg
- Leninogorsk, Republic of Tatarstan, founded in 1948
- Leninsk, a town in Volgograd Oblast
- Leninsk, an urban-type settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Leningradsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, an urban-type settlement in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Leninsk (1918–1929) — Taldom, Moscow Oblast
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, known as Kolchugino before 1925
- Leninskaya Sloboda, a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Gorki Leninskiye, Moscow Oblast, known as Gorki before 1924
- Leninskoye, a town in Kirov Oblast
- Leninskoye, a town in Leninsky District in Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Leninsky, a town in Leninsky District in Tula Oblast
- Leninsky, a town in Yakutia
- Novo-Lenino, a district in Irkutsk
- Ulyanovsk, Russia — known as Simbirsk before 1924
- Leninsky District in several federal subjects (disambiguation page)
Tajikistan
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, some of streets and squares (primarily outside of Russia and Belarus) reverted to their former names or were given new ones. In Russia, there are still 5,000 streets named after Lenin.[4] [5] [6] This concerns also the names of city districts. Listed below are some of the streets named after Lenin, with an emphasis on those outside of 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 the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements and (the many) streets and squares with names related to the communist regime.[7] Places in Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic were not practically affected by this law due to their occupation by Russia.
Former Soviet Union
Armenia
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
- Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), ?–1991 – now Pikk tänav, Pärnu
- Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), 1950–1991 – now Rävala puiestee, Tallinn[8]
- V. I. Lenini puiestee (V. I. Lenin Avenue) – now Viru puiestee, Sillamäe[8]
- Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), 1951–1990 – now Uus tänav, Kuressaare[8]
- Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav, Põltsamaa[8]
- Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – Tapa[8]
- Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav and Riia tänav, Valga[8]
- Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1990 – now Jüri tänav, Võru[8]
- Lenini väljak (Lenin Square), ?–1991 – now Riiamäe plats, Tartu[8]
- V. I. Lenini tänav (V. I. Lenin Street), ?–1992 – now Jaama tänav, Jõhvi[8]
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Latvia
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
- 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), Elektrostal
- 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[8]
- 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
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
- 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
Bulgaria
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)[11] — 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[12]
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
- 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
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
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Bibbiano, Reggio Emilia
- Piazza Lenin (Lenin Square), Cavriago
- Piazza Lenin (Lenin Square), Scicli
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Capraia e Limite
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Castiglione del Lago
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Caorso, Piacenza
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Chiusi
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Castelvetro di Modena
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Carpi
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Concordia sulla Secchia, Modena
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Cosenza
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Ferrara
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Garlasco, Pavia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Lecce
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Lula
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Marsciano
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Mede, Pavia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Melendugno, Lecce
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Modena
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Monticelli d'Ongina, Piacenza
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Misterbianco, Catania
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Monsummano Terme, Pistoia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Panicale
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Paullo
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Pisa
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Quattro Castella, Reggio Emilia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Rome
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), San Giuliano Terme, Pisa
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), San Polo d'Enza, Reggio Emilia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), San Stino di Livenza, Venezia
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Spoleto
- Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Zibido San Giacomo, Milan
- Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Bologna
- Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Castel Volturno
- Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Genzano di Roma
- Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Palma di Montechiaro
- Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Suzzara
United Kingdom
- Lenin Terrace, Chopwell / England[13]
- Lenin Terrace, Stanley / England[14]
- 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.[15]
Southeastern Europe
Montenegro
- Bulevar Lenjina (Lenin Boulevard), 1948–1991 – now Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjski, Podgorica
- Bulevar Lenjina, Cetinje
Serbia
Africa
Angola
- 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
- Leninskiye gory (Ленинские горы ~ Lenin Hills) – now reverted to their historic name Sparrow Hills (Воробьевы горы), Moscow / Russia
- Leninskiy rayon (Ленинский район ~ Lenin city district) in the following cities;
Tajikistan
Romania
- Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district), Bucharest
Ukraine
Central America/Caribbean
Cuba
Other
A large number of enterprises and other objects in the former Soviet Union and other countries of the Soviet bloc were named after Lenin: for example, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin and Lenin Stadiums in many towns and cities. Additionally, every reasonably large settlement had a Lenin Street or Lenin Avenue ("Prospekt Lenina/Leninsky Prospekt"), or a Lenin Square.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia . 23 January 2012 .
- Web site: Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin . 10 June 2015 .
- Web site: All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21 .
- Web site: Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia . 23 January 2012 .
- Web site: Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin . 10 June 2015 .
- Web site: All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21 .
- http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/05/15/7068057/ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization
- Web site: KNAB. EKI. 9 October 2010.
- Web site: Rīgas ielas. Ciltskoki. 26 April 2018.
- Web site: Jelgavas ielas. Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka. 26 April 2018.
- http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/81047927 Way: V. I. Lenina (81047927)
- http://beszeloutcanevek.ektf.hu/utcanevek/h/hatvani_kapu_ter Street names – Hatvani kapu tér
- Web site: O'Brien. Sean. 2015-10-10. Sean O'Brien: How I fell under WH Auden's spell. 2021-11-26. The Guardian. en.
- Web site: Henderson. Tony. 2017-12-30. The North East streets named after socialist leaders, radicals and reformers. 2021-11-26. www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Evening Chronicle. en.
- News: 2010-05-08. The London haunts of VI Lenin. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-11-26.
