List of places named after Vladimir Lenin

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

• Ilyich (1924–1990) — Şərur, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
• Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld — Çinarlı, Shamkir
• Leninabad — Kərimbəyli, Babek
• Leninabad — Yeni yol, Shamkir
• Leninabad — Sanqalan
• Leninabad — Təklə, Gobustan
• Leninavan — Həsənqaya, Tartar
• Leninkənd — Qarakeçdi
• Leninkend — Mustafabəyli
• Port-İliç — Lankaran Rayon, now called Liman
• Pamyat’ Lenina — Balıqçılar

Armenia

• Leninakan (1924–1990) — Gyumri

Kazakhstan

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

Moldova

• Lenin, Transnistria, a commune in Transnistria

Russia

• Leninaul, a town in Dagestan
• Leningori (1924?-1990) — Akhalgori/Leningor (from 1990), South Ossetia
• Leningrad (1924–1991) — St. Petersburg
• Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject
• Leninkent, a town in Dagestan
• Leninogorsk, Republic of Tatarstan, founded in 1948
• Leninsk, a town in Volgograd Oblast
• Leninsk, an urban-type settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast
• 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
• Ulyanovsk, Russia — known as Simbirsk before 1924
• Leninsky District in several federal subjects (disambiguation page)

Tajikistan

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

Ukraine

• Illichivsk (1952-2016) — Chornomorsk, Odessa Oblast
• Lenin Raion

Uzbekistan

• Leninsk (?-?) — Asaka

Eastern Europe

Hungary

• Leninváros (1970–1991) — Tiszaújváros

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 Republic, and Lugansk 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 Republic Square, Yerevan
• Lenini poghota (Lenin Avenue) - now Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan

Belarus

• Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street), Minsk
• Plošča Lenina (Lenin square, metro station), Minsk

Georgia

• Leninis Moedani (Lenin Square) – now Freedom Square, Tbilisi

Estonia

• Lenini prospekt (Lenin Prospekt), ?–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]

Kazakhstan

• Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street) – now Dostyk, Almaty

Lithuania

• Lenino Prospektas (Lenin avenue) – now Gedimino Prospektas, Vilnius

Russia

• Leninskaya Ploshchad (Lenin Square), now Paveletskaya Ploshchad, Moscow
• Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square), Arkhangelsk
• 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), 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

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

• Lenin Boulevard – now Carigradsko shose, Sofia
• Lenin Square – now Sveta Nedelya ploshchad, Sofia

Hungary

• Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Tisza Lajos körút, Szeged
• Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Erzsébet körút and Teréz körút, Budapest

Romania

• Lenin street – now Revoluţiei (Forradalom) street Târgu Mureş

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)^[3] — Šoporňa
• Leninova (Lenin (metro station)) – now Dejvická, Prague

Places and parks

Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan

• Lenin rayonu (Lenin city district), Baku

Belarus

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

Bulgaria

• Technical school for electrical engineering "Lenin" (Техникум по электротехнике "Ленин"), Plovdiv

Cuba

• Parque Lenin, Havana / Cuba

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

Russia

• Leninskiye gory (Ленинские горы ~ Lenin Hills) – now Sparrow Hills (Воробьевы горы), Moscow / Russia
• Leninskiy rayon (Ленинский район ~ Lenin city district) in the following cities;
  • Astrakhan
  • Barnaul
  • Cheboksary
  • Chelyabinsk
  • Grozny
  • Irkutsk
  • Ivanovo
  • Izhevsk
  • Kaluga
  • Kemerovo
  • Kirov
  • Komsomolsk-na-Amure
  • Krasnoyarsk
  • Magnitogorsk
  • Makhachkala
  • Murmansk
  • Nizhniy Novgorod
  • Nizhniy Tagil
  • Novosibirsk
  • Omsk
  • Orenburg
  • Orsk
  • Penza
  • Perm
  • Rostov-na-Donu
  • Samara
  • Saransk
  • Saratov
  • Smolensk
  • Stavropol
  • Tambov
  • Tomsk
  • Tyumen
  • Ufa
  • Ulyanovsk
  • Vladimir
  • Vladivostok
  • Voronezh
  • Yaroslavl
• Yekaterinburg

Tajikistan

• Lenin Peak, – now Independence Peak

Romania

• Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district), Bucharest

Ukraine

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

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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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, Milano
• 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
• 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

Mozambique

• Avenida Vladimir Lenine (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), Maputo

South Africa

• Lenin Street, Alberton

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 Centere, Vijayawada, Andhara Pradesh

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

• Leninsky Prospekt
• List of places named after Stalin
• List of statues of Stalin
• List of statues of Lenin
• Lenin's Mausoleum
• List of renamed cities and towns in Russia
• List of things named after Fidel Castro

References