Lyeninski District or Lieninski District ( be, Ленінскі раён, Lieninski rajon; russian: Ленинский район, Leninsky rayon) is an
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
of the city of
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
, the capital of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. It was named after
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
.
Leninsky Raion
, Minsk administration website As of 2023, it has a population of 214,701.
Geography
The district is situated in the south-central area of the city and borders with Tsentralny, Partyzanski, Zavodski, Kastrychnitski and Maskowski districts.
Transport
Lyeninski is served by subway and tram networks. It is also crossed by the MKAD
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city borde ...
beltway.
See also
* Dinamo Stadium
References
External links
Leninsky District official website
Districts of Minsk
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