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 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, ...

commemorating

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 ...

. there were about 20 Leninsky Avenues and over 100 Lenin Avenues in Russia."Ленинские годонимы России в 2020"
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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-eig ...

** Leninsky Avenue, an avenue in Moscow **, an avenue in

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 ...

**, an avenue in

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 ...

**, an avenue in

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus n ...

** Lenin Avenue, an avenue in Yekaterinburg *In other countries **, main avenue in

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 o ...

**, an avenue in

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 loca ...

** Leninsky Avenue was the 1961−1991 name of the Independence Avenue in Minsk. ** Leninsky Avenue was the 1967−1997 name of the in

Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of K ...

. ** Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the

Dostyq Avenue Dostyq Avenue (; from Kazakh "", meaning "friendship") is an avenue in Almaty. The road runs from the intersection Qazybek Bi near Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen until it merges to Gornaya Street. History The road was formed at the end of the 19 ...

in Almaty. ** Lenin Avenue was the pre-1992 name of the

Rudaki Avenue Rudaki Avenue ( tg, хиёбони Рӯдакӣ, russian: проспект Рудаки) is the main thoroughfare street in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. The street is named after Rudaki, the Tajik national poet. The street was known as Len ...

in Dushanbe. ** Lenin Avenue was the 1959−1990 name of the in

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 Ukrain ...

. ** Lenin Avenue was the 1960−2016 name of the in

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 brid ...

. ** Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the

Mashtots Avenue Mashtots Avenue ( hy, Մաշտոցի Պողոտա ''Mashtots'i Poghota''), known as Lenin Avenue until 1990, is an avenue in the central Kentron district of Yerevan, Armenia. The avenue starts with the Victory Bridge at the south and ends up wit ...

in Yerevan. ** Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius. ** Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the in Chișinău. ** Lenin Avenue was the 1952−2016 name of the in

Zaporizhzhia 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 populat ...

. Several train and metro stations are named Leninsky Avenue or Lenin Avenue: * Leninsky Prospekt (Moscow Metro), a metro station in Moscow *

Leninsky Prospekt (Saint Petersburg Metro) Leninsky Prospekt (russian: Ле́нинский проспе́кт, en, Leninsky Avenue) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, located between Avtovo and Prospekt Veteranov. The station was opened on 2 ...

, a metro station in Saint Petersburg

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