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

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

Kyrgyzstan

Moldova

Russia

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

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]

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
The House of Culture in Elektrostal, along Prospekt Lenina

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
  • 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

A street sign marking Avenue Lénine in Arcueil

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[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
A statue of Lenin in Lenin Flower Garden

Vietnam

Places and parks

Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Czech Republic

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia". 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin". 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21".
  4. ^ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia". 23 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin". 10 June 2015.
  6. ^ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21".
  7. ^ 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)
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  9. ^ "Rīgas ielas". Ciltskoki. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Jelgavas ielas". Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  11. ^ Way: V. I. Lenina (81047927). OpenStreetMap
  12. ^ Street names – Hatvani kapu tér
  13. ^ O'Brien, Sean (10 October 2015). "Sean O'Brien: How I fell under WH Auden's spell". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "The London haunts of VI Lenin". BBC News. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2021.