List of places named after Vladimir Lenin Last updated April 01, 2025
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 districtsArmenia Leninakan (1924–1990) — Gyumri 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 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 1925Leninskaya Sloboda , a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Gorki Leninskiye , Moscow Oblast , known as Gorki before 1924Leninskoye , 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)Uzbekistan Leninsk (1937-1991) — Asaka 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.
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 [ 8] Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), ?–1991 – now Pikk tänav, Pärnu [ 8] 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] 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 The House of Culture in Elektrostal, along Prospekt Lenina 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 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 [ 11] 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 Eastern Europe 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) [ 12] — 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 [ 13] 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 Western Europe A street sign marking Avenue Lénine in Arcueil 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 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 "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 [ 14] Lenin Terrace , Stanley / England [ 15] 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 . [ 16] Southeastern Europe Montenegro Bulevar Lenjina (Lenin Boulevard), 1948–1991 – now Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjski, Podgorica Bulevar Lenjina , Cetinje Africa Angola Avenida Lenin (Lenin Avenue), Luanda Benin Place Lenin (Lenin Square), Cotonou Mozambique Avenida Vladimir Lenine (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), Maputo Tunisia Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Tunis Asia Malaysia Lenin River , a river in the interior of Sarawak A statue of Lenin in Lenin Flower Garden Places and parks Eastern Europe Estonia Lenini rajoon (Lenin city district), Tallinn - later Lõunarajoon (Southern district), now restructuredRussia 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; Romania Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district), Bucharest Central America/CaribbeanOther 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.
References ↑ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia" . 23 January 2012. ↑ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin" . 10 June 2015. ↑ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21" . ↑ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia" . 23 January 2012. ↑ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin" . 10 June 2015. ↑ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21" . ↑ 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) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "KNAB" . EKI . Retrieved 9 October 2010 . ↑ "Rīgas ielas" . Ciltskoki . Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018 . ↑ "Jelgavas ielas" . Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka . Retrieved 26 April 2018 . ↑ "В Мариуполе площадь Свободы переименовали в площадь Ленина" [ In Mariupol, the Freedom Square was renamed into Lenin Square] (in Russian). Moskovsky Komsomolets . 11 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023 . ↑ Way: V. I. Lenina (81047927) . OpenStreetMap ↑ "Street names – Hatvani kapu tér" . Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021 . ↑ O'Brien, Sean (10 October 2015). "Sean O'Brien: How I fell under WH Auden's spell" . The Guardian . Retrieved 26 November 2021 . ↑ Henderson, Tony (30 December 2017). "The North East streets named after socialist leaders, radicals and reformers" . www.chroniclelive.co.uk . Evening Chronicle . Retrieved 26 November 2021 . ↑ "The London haunts of VI Lenin" . BBC News . 8 May 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2021 .
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