Lenin Avenue (russian: проспект Ленина) is a main street of
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 administra ...
,
Russia
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. It starts at
Moskovskaya Street to the west, and ends at
Kirov Square
Kirov Square (russian: площадь Кирова) is a square in Yekaterinburg, Russia at the eastern end of Prospekt Lenina.
The square is named after Sergey Kirov. He was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet
The Soviet Union,. o ...
to the east. The street is one of the busiest in Yekaterinburg and is a major shopping area.
The street is 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 19 ...
.
Among the buildings on the street is the Headquarters of the
Volga-Urals Military District, at No.71.
See also
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List of leading shopping streets and districts by city
A shopping street or shopping district is a designated road or quarter of a city/town that is composed of individual retail establishments (such as stores, boutiques, restaurants, and shopping complexes). Such areas will typically be pedest ...
Shopping districts and streets in Russia
Streets in Yekaterinburg
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