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

 Azerbaijan

 Armenia
  • Leninakan (1924–1990) — Gyumri

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

 Moldova

 Russia

 Tajikistan

 Ukraine

 Uzbekistan

 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.

 Armenia

 Azerbaijan

 Belarus

 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

 Latvia

 Lithuania

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

 Russia

 Tajikistan

 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

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

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

 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

Places and parks

 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

 Cuba

Streets and squares

 France

 Finland

 Germany

 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.

 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

 India

 Malaysia
  • Lenin River, a river in the interior of Sarawak

 Vietnam

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. "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
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