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 ...

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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.

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