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Leninsky Avenue (other)
Leninsky Avenue (russian: Ленинский проспект, ''Leninsky prospekt'') or Lenin Avenue (, ''Prospekt Lenina'') was a common name for major avenues in many cities of the former Soviet Union commemorating Vladimir Lenin. there were about 20 Leninsky Avenues and over 100 Lenin Avenues in Russia. Notable avenues include: *In Russia ** Leninsky Avenue, an avenue in Moscow **, an avenue in Saint Petersburg **, an avenue in Voronezh **, an avenue in Vyborg ** Lenin Avenue, an avenue in Yekaterinburg *In other countries **, main avenue in Gomel **, an avenue in Donetsk ** Leninsky Avenue was the 1961−1991 name of the Independence Avenue in Minsk. ** Leninsky Avenue was the 1967−1997 name of the in Aktobe. ** Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the Dostyq Avenue in Almaty. ** Lenin Avenue was the pre-1992 name of the Rudaki Avenue in Dushanbe. ** Lenin Avenue was the 1959−1990 name of the in Lviv. ** Lenin Avenue was the 1960−2016 name of the in Mykolaiv. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |