This is a list of places which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias

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 19 ...

. 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.

Cities, towns, settlements and districts

Former Soviet Union

Azerbaijan

*Ilyich (1924–1990) — Şərur,

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ( az, Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, ), is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a popula ...

*Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld — Çinarlı, Shamkir *Leninabad — Kərimbəyli, Babek *Leninabad — Yeni yol, Shamkir *Leninabad — Sanqalan *Leninabad — Təklə, Gobustan *Leninavan — Həsənqaya, Tartar *Leninkənd — Qarakeçdi *Leninkend —

Mustafabəyli Mustafabəyli (also Mustafabeyli) is a village in the Saatly Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental coun ...

*Port-İliç —

Lankaran Rayon Lankaran District (, tly, Lankon rəyon, script=Latn) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Astara, Le ...

, now called Liman *Pamyat' Lenina —

Balıqçılar Balıqçılar (also, Pamyat’ Lenina) is a village and municipality in the Lankaran Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic ...

Armenia

*Leninakan (1924–1990) —

Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...

Kazakhstan

*Leninsk (1958–1995) —

Baikonur Baikonur ( kk, Байқоңыр, ; russian: Байконур, translit=Baykonur), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city of republic significance in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river. It is currently leased and administered ...

*Leninogorsk (1941–2002) — Ridder

Kyrgyzstan

(''Leninskoye'') *Leninjol (1937–1991) —

Masy Masy ( ky, Масы, also Массы ''Massy'', between 1937 and 1991: ''Leninjol'') is a large village in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. Its population was 19,774 in 2021. It is the seat of the Masy ayyl aymagy (village community) and Nooken Distr ...

*Leninpol (?–2001) — Bakay-Ata

Moldova

* Lenin, Transnistria, a commune in

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

Russia

*Leninaul, a town in

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North ...

*Leningori (1924?-1990) — Akhalgori/ Leningor (from 1990),

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated popula ...

*Leningrad (1924–1991) — St. Petersburg *

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1 ...

, a

federal subject The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...

*Leninkent, a town in

* Leninogorsk,

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

, founded in 1948 * Leninsk, a town in

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populati ...

* Leninsk, an urban-type settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast *Leninsk (1918–1929) — Taldom,

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...

* Leninsk-Kuznetsky,

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

, known as Kolchugino before 1925 *Leninskaya Sloboda, a town in

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,31 ...

* Gorki Leninskiye,

, known as Gorki before 1924 *Leninskoye, a town in

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography N ...

*Leninskoye, a town in Leninsky District in

Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть, (ЕАО); yi, ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט, ; )In standard Yiddish: , ''Yidishe Oytonome Gegnt'' is a federal subject ...

*Leninsky, a town in Leninsky District in

Tula Oblast Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, coverin ...

*Leninsky, a town in

Yakutia Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far ...

*Novo-Lenino, a district in Irkutsk *

Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population: The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (bor ...

, Russia — known as Simbirsk before 1924 *

Leninsky District Leninsky District may refer to: *Leninsky District, Russia, name of several districts and city districts in Russia * Lenin District, Bishkek, a city district of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan * Leninsky District, Belarus, a city district (''raion'') of Minsk, ...

in several federal subjects (disambiguation page)

Tajikistan

*Leninabad (1936–1992) —

Khujand Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لنی ...

*Leningrad or Leningradskiy — Muminabad

Ukraine

*Illichivsk (1952–2016) — Chornomorsk,

Odessa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its admini ...

* Lenin Raion,

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

Uzbekistan

*Leninsk (?-?) — Asaka

Eastern Europe

Hungary

*Leninváros (1970–1991) — Tiszaújváros

Streets and squares

Almost every town in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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. 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 The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko se ...

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.Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukra ...

. 15 May 2015Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes

Interfax-Ukraine The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company pub ...

. 15 May 20Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

(14 April 2015) Places in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...

, the

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a disputed en ...

, and Luhansk People's Republic were not practically affected by this law due to their occupation by Russia.

Former Soviet Union

Armenia

*Lenini hraparak (Lenin Square) – now Independence Square,

*Lenini hraparak (Lenin Square), 1940–1990 – now Republic Square,

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...

*Lenini poghota (Lenin Avenue), 1924–1990 – now Mashtots Avenue,

Azerbaijan

*Lenin meydanı (Lenin Square) – now Azadliq Square, Baku

Belarus

*Lieninski praspiekt (Lenin's Avenue), 1961–1991 – now Independence Avenue,

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

*Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street), Brest *Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street),

Grodno Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish ...

*Vulica Lienina (Lenin Street),

*Plošča Lienina (Lenin Square), Brest * Plošča Lienina (Lenin Square, metro station),

*Praspiekt Lienina (Lenin Avenue),

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the or ...

*Praspiekt Lienina (Lenin Avenue),

Zhodzina Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, be, Жо́дзіна, , russian: Жо́дино, , pl, Żodzino, is a city in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region, 50 km north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of ...

Estonia

*Lenini prospekt (Lenin Prospekt), 1950–1994 – now Joala tänav,

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54, ...

*Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), ?–1991 – now Pikk tänav,

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

*Lenini puiestee (Lenin Avenue), 1950–1991 – now Rävala puiestee,

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

*V. I. Lenini puiestee (V. I. Lenin Avenue) – now Viru puiestee, Sillamäe *Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), 1951–1990 – now Uus tänav,

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. ...

*Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav, Põltsamaa *Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – Tapa *Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1989 – now Kesktänav and Riia tänav, Valga *Lenini tänav (Lenin Street), ?–1990 – now Jüri tänav,

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Ca ...

*Lenini väljak (Lenin Square), ?–1991 – now Riiamäe plats,

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast o ...

*V. I. Lenini tänav (V. I. Lenin Street), ?–1992 – now Jaama tänav, Jõhvi

Georgia

*Leninis Moedani (Lenin Square) – now Freedom Square,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

Kazakhstan

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1919–1995 – now Dostyq Avenue,

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue),

Karaganda Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty (Alma-Ata), Astana a ...

Latvia

*Ļeņina iela (Lenin Street), 1950–1991 – now

Brīvības iela Brīvības iela is the central street of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is more than 12 km long, going through all of Riga from the historical centre to the outskirts. History The street was the beginning of an important trade route - ...

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the B ...

*Ļeņina prospekts (Lenin Avenue), 1960–1990 – now Lielā iela,

Jelgava Jelgava (; german: Mitau, ; see also #Name, other names) is a state city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga with 55,972 inhabitants (2019). It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the unit ...

Lithuania

*Lenino aikšte (Lenin Square), 1952–1991 – now

Lukiškės Square Lukiškės Square (other spellings include ''Łukiszki, Lukiski, Lukishki'', lt, Lukiškių aikštė) is the largest square (about in Vilnius, Lithuania, located in the center of the city. A major street in Vilnius, Gediminas Avenue, passes ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional u ...

*Lenino prospektas (Lenin Avenue), ?–1989 – now Vytauto prospektas,

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Tra ...

*Lenino prospektas (Lenin Avenue), 1961–1989 – now

Gediminas Avenue Gediminas Avenue ( lt, Gedimino prospektas) is the main street of Vilnius, where most of the governmental institutions of Lithuania are concentrated, including the government, parliament, Constitutional Court and ministries. It is also the lo ...

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 Elektrostal

Russia

*Leninskaya Ploshchad (Lenin Square) – now Paveletskaya Ploshchad,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

*Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square),

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near i ...

*Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square),

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

*Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square),

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, ...

*Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square),

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

*Leninsky Prospekt (Lenin Avenue),

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue),

Elektrostal Elektrostal (russian: Электроста́ль, from Russian Электро (Elektro), lit: Electric and Сталь (Stal), lit: Steel) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population: 135,000 (1977); 123,000 (1970); ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue),

Murmansk Murmansk ( Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. " Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue),

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue),

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

*Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street) – now Kremlinskaya Ulitsa,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering ...

*Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street),

Pechory Pechory (russian: Печо́ры; Estonian and Seto: ') is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded i ...

*Lenina ulitsa (Lenin Street),

*Leninskaya Ulitsa (Lenin Street),

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population ...

*Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street),

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of ...

*Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street), Perm * Ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street),

Tajikistan

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1961–1992 – now Rudaki Avenue,

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

Ukraine

* Ploshchad Lenina (Lenin Square),

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), Alchevsk *Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1959–1990 – now Svobody Prospekt,

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1960–2016 – now Prospekt Miru,

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russi ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1960–2016 – now Tsentralnyi Prospekt,

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver bri ...

*Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), ?–2016 – now Sobornyi Prospekt, Oleksandriia *Prospekt Lenina (Lenin Avenue), 1952–2016 – now Sobornyi Prospekt,

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populatio ...

*Vulytsya Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Vulytsya Yevheniya Kharchenka,

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

*Vulytsya Lenina (Lenin Street), ?–1994 – now Vulytsya Rishelievska,

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrat ...

Uzbekistan

*V.I. Lenin nomidagi maydon (V.I. Lenin Square), 1956–1991 – now Mustaqillik Maydoni,

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

*Bulevard V.I. Lenin (Lenin Boulevard) – now Tsarigradsko shose,

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...

*Ploshtad Lenin (Lenin Square) – now Ploshtad Sveta Nedelya,

Czechoslovakia

*Leninova ulice (Lenin Street) — now Evropská třída,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

*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 Krnov (; german: Jägerndorf, pl, Karniów or ''Krnów'') is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts The town is made up of town parts of Pod Bezr ...

*Leninovo nábrežie (Lenin riverbank) — now Nábrežie Jána Pavla II.,

Poprad Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the te ...

*Ulica V. I. Lenina (V. I. Lenin Street) — Šoporňa *Leninova (Lenin (metro station)) – now Dejvická,

*Leninova (Lenin Street) – now Hlavná ulica,

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of a ...

Hungary

*Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Tisza Lajos körút,

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...

*Lenin körút (Lenin boulevard) – now Erzsébet körút and Teréz körút,

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

*Lenin tér (Lenin square) – now Hatvani kapu tér,

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque bu ...

Poland

*Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Henryka, Chrzanów *Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Jana Pawła II,

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admi ...

*Aleja Lenina (Lenin Avenue) – now Ulica Chorzowska, Świętochłowice *Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street), 1949–1990 – now Ulica Jana Klemensa Branickiego,

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

*Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Ulica Andersa,

Tychy Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Tichau; szl, Tychy) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city boders Katowice to the north, ...

*Ulica Lenina (Lenin Street) – now Ulica Brata Alberta,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

*Aleja Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Avenue), 1958–1991 – now Aleja Solidarności,

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...

*Aleja Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Avenue) – now Aleja Mieczysława Smorawińskiego and Aleja Generała Władysława Andersa,

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...

*Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Henryka Le Ronda,

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...

*Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Armii Krajowej,

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg ( ; csb, Kòlbrzég; german: Kolberg, ), ; csb, Kòlbrzég , is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast o ...

*Ulica Włodzimierza Lenina (Vladimir Lenin Street) – now Ulica Stróżowska,

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

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 ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , settlement_type = City , ...

*Strada V.I. Lenin (V.I. Lenin Street) – now Strada Mihai Eminescu,

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

Slovakia

*Leninová (Lenin Street),

Veľké Úľany Veľké Úľany ( hu, Nagyfödémes) is a large village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an elevation of 123 metres and covers an area of 14.856 km2. The v ...

*V.I. Lenina (V.I. Lenin Street), Šoporňa *Leninová (Lenin Street),

Bušince Bušince (german: Buschin; hu, Bussa) is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. History The village was first mentioned in 1248 (''Bussa''). It belonged to Divín, and aft ...

Western Europe

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France

*Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Achères,

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.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 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps () is a commune in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) from Tours. During the French Revolution, it was called ''La Clarté-Républicaine''. Population ...

*Avenue Lénine (Lenin Avenue), Villejuif *Avenue Vladimir Illitch Lénine (Lenin Avenue),

Nanterre Nanterre (, ) is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the western suburbs of Paris. It is located some northwest of the centre of Paris. In 2018, the commune had a population of 96,807. The eastern part of Nanterre, bordering ...

*Avenue Vladimir Illitch Lenine (Vladimir Ilich Lenin Avenue),

Arcueil Arcueil () is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Name The name Arcueil was recorded for the fi ...

*Avenue Vladimir Illitch Oulianov Lénine (Lenin Avenue),

Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...

*Boulevard Lénine (Lenin Boulevard),

Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department, the seat of the arrondissement of Argenteuil. Argenteuil is the sec ...

*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 Alès (; oc, Alès) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is one of the sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as ''Alais''. Geography Alès lies north-northwest of Nîmes, on t ...

*Place Lénine (Lenin Square), Bègles *Place Lénine (Lenin Square), Bezons *Place Lénine, Champigny-sur-Marne /

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

*Place Lénine, Saint-Junien /

*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 La Courneuve () is a commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History Inhabited since pre-Roman times, the area is thought to have been a small village up through the Middle Ages. With its proximity to Pa ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Longueau *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Montataire *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Montigny-en-Gohelle *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Nauroy Nauroy () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population Notable people * Désiré François Laugée (1823-1896), painter and poet, mayor of Nauroy in the 1880s. * Georges Laugée (1853-1937), Natura ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Neuf-Mesnil Neuf-Mesnil () is a commune in the Nord department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geog ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Persan Persan () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, northern France. Persan–Beaumont station has rail connections to Pontoise, Creil, Sarcelles and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The fo ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Petite-Forêt Petite-Forêt (, literally ''Little Forest'') is a commune in the Nord department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (a ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Portes-lès-Valence *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Saint-Cyr-l'École *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Saint-Martin-d'Hères Saint-Martin-d'Hères (; frp, Sant-Martin-d’Èra) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration),Somain *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Thenon Thenon (; oc, Tenon) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.Unieux *Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Vierzon Vierzon () is a commune in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Geography A medium-sized town by the banks of the river Cher with some light industry and an area of forestry and farming to the north. It is situated some northwest ...

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street), Viry-Châtillon *Cité Lénine (Housing project), 68 av de la République, Aubervilliers,

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bob ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

Finland

*Lenininpuisto (Lenin Park),

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Germany

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Landsberger Allee,

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue), Cottbus *Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Lindenallee, Eisenhüttenstadt *Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Am grünen Tal,

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. ...

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Zeppelinstraße,

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Merseburger Straße,

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue) – now Talstraße,

Meissen Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albre ...

*Leninallee (Lenin Avenue), Stendal *Leninplatz (Lenin Square) – now Platz der Vereinten Nationen (United Nations Square),

*Leninplatz (Lenin Square) – now Wiener Platz (Vienna Square),

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

*Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Borne, Saxony-Anhalt *Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Bützow *Leninplatz (Lenin Square),

Edderitz Edderitz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Südliches Anhalt Südliches Anhalt ("Southern Principality of Anhalt, Anhalt") is a ...

*Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Ostrau ( Petersberg, Saxony-Anhalt) *Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Falkensee *Leninplatz (Lenin Square), Könnern *Leninstraße (Lenin Street) – now Prager Straße (Prague Street),

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

*Leninstraße (Lenin Street),

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle. History Perhaps the firs ...

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

*Leninstraße (Lenin Street),

Etgersleben Etgersleben is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Börde-Hakel Börde-Hakel is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Sa ...

*Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Premnitz *Leninstraße (Lenin Street),

Saubach Saubach is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Finneland. Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis {{Burgen ...

*Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Teutschenthal *Leninstraße (Lenin Street), Zschornewitz

Italy

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Bibbiano,

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

*Piazza Lenin (Lenin Square), Cavriago *Piazza Lenin (Lenin Square), Scicli *Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Capraia e Limite Capraia e Limite is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence. It consists of two main centers, Capraia Fiorentina e Limite sull'Arno, the latter housing the muni ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Castiglione del Lago Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is south, Chiusi is to the south west, Arezzo is to the north west, Cortona is to the north and Perugi ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Caorso,

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Chiusi Chiusi ( Etruscan: ''Clevsin''; Umbrian: ''Camars''; Ancient Greek: ''Klysion'', ''Κλύσιον''; Latin: ''Clusium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. History Clusium (''Clevsin'' in Etruscan) was one ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Castelvetro di Modena *Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Carpi *Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Concordia sulla Secchia Concordia sulla Secchia ( Concordiese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Modena. Concordia sulla Secchia borders the following ...

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Garlasco,

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the provinc ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Lula *Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Marsciano *Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Mede,

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Melendugno 240px, D'Amely baronial Palace. Melendugno (Salentino: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. It is known for its ''marine'', which are bathing beaches on the Adriatic Sea: Roca Vecchia ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Monticelli d'Ongina,

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Misterbianco Misterbianco ( scn, Mustariancu; lat-med, Monasterium Album, lit=White Monastery' or 'White Minster) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about w ...

, Catania *Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Monsummano Terme, Pistoia *Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Panicale *Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Paullo Paullo ( lmo, Paull , locally ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Quattro Castella,

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), San Giuliano Terme,

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), San Polo d'Enza,

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

San Stino di Livenza San Stino di Livenza ( Venetian: ''San Stin'') is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. It is connected by the SP61 provincial road and by the motorway A4. The main square (piazza A town square (or square, plaza ...

, Venezia *Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Sp ...

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street), Zibido San Giacomo,

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

*Viale Lenin (Lenin Avenue),

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

*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 Avenidalenin

United Kingdom

*Lenin Terrace, Chopwell / England *Lenin Terrace, Stanley / England *

Bevin Court Bevin Court is a housing project in Finsbury, London. It is one of several modernist housing projects designed in the city in the immediate postwar period by the Tecton architecture practice, led by Berthold Lubetkin. Following the dissolution ...

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, England, was originally intended be called Lenin Court. However, two letters of the building's sign were replaced to rename it after

Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–19 ...

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.

Africa

Angola

*Avenida Lenin (Lenin Avenue),

Luanda Luanda () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major Angola#Economy, industrial, Angola#Culture, cultural and Angola#Demographics, urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atl ...

Benin

*Place Lenin (Lenin Square), Cotonou

Mozambique

*Avenida Vladimir Lenine (Vladimir Lenin Avenue),

Maputo Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,08 ...

South Africa

*Lenin Street, Alberton

Somalia

*Via Lenin (Lenin Street),

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...

Tunisia

*Rue Lénine (Lenin Street),

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

Asia

India

*Lenin Sarani (Lenin Street),

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

*Lenin Street,

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the ...

*Lenin Street,

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

, Puducherry *Lenin Centre,

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...

, Andhara Pradesh * Lenin Chowk, Muzaffarpur

Malaysia

*Lenin River, a river in the interior of

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

Vietnam

*Lenin Park,

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi i ...

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- now Reunification Park *Lenin Flower Garden,

*Suối Lenin (Lenin stream), Pắc Pó,

Cao Bang Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology Companies or organizations *Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO *CA Oradea, Romanian football club *CA Osasuna, Spanish football club *Canadian Associ ...

Places and parks

Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan

*Lenin rayonu (Lenin city district), Baku

Belarus

* Leninskiy rayon (Ленинский район ~ Lenin city district),

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),

Estonia

*Lenini rajoon (Lenin city district),

- later Lõunarajoon (Southern district), now restructured

Russia

*Leninskiye gory (Ленинские горы ~ Lenin Hills) – now reverted to their historic name Sparrow Hills (Воробьевы горы),

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

*Leninskiy rayon (Ленинский район ~ Lenin city district) in the following cities; **

Barnaul Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the 2021 Census, its population wa ...

Cheboksary Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River. Geography The city is located in the Volga Upland re ...

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

Grozny Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...

** Irkutsk ** Ivanovo **

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest c ...

** Kaluga **

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk ...

** Kirov **

Komsomolsk-na-Amure Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is located ...

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yen ...

Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its populat ...

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

** Nizhniy Novgorod ** Nizhniy Tagil **

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

** Orenburg ** Orsk ** Penza ** Perm ** Rostov-na-Donu **

Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located i ...

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901 ...

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

Stavropol Stavropol (; rus, Ставрополь, p=ˈstavrəpəlʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, Russia. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 547,820, making it one of Russia's fastest growing cities. It was known as ...

Tambov Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. Population: 280,161 ( 2010 Census); 293 ...

Tomsk Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a not ...

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas i ...

** Ufa **

** Vladimir **

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

Tajikistan

*Lenin Peak, – now Avicenna Peak

Romania

*Raionul Lenin (Lenin city district),

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

Ukraine

* V.I. Lenin Memorial Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station (Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant), Pripyat

Central America/Caribbean

Cuba

* Parque Lenin,

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

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

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

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