Leninsky Avenue

Leninsky Avenue (, Leninsky prospekt) or Lenin Avenue (, Prospekt Lenina) was a common name for major avenues in many cities of the former Soviet Union commemorating Vladimir Lenin. , there were about 20 Leninsky Avenues and over 100 Lenin Avenues in Russia.

Notable avenues include:

• In Russia
• Leninsky Avenue, an avenue in Moscow.
• , an avenue in Saint Petersburg.
• , an avenue in Voronezh.
• , an avenue in Vyborg
• Lenin Avenue, an avenue in Yekaterinburg.

• In Ukraine
• , an avenue in Donetsk.
• , an avenue in Yevpatoria.
• Lenin Avenue was the 1959−1990 name of the in Lviv.
• Lenin Avenue was the 1960−2016 name of the in Mykolaiv.
• Lenin Avenue was the 1952−2016 name of the in Zaporizhzhia.

• In other countries
• , was a main avenue in Gomel.
• Leninsky Avenue was the 1961−1991 name of the Independence Avenue in Minsk.
• Leninsky Avenue was the 1967−1997 name of the in Aktobe.
• Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the Dostyq Avenue in Almaty.
• Lenin Avenue was the pre-1992 name of the Rudaki Avenue in Dushanbe.
• Lenin Avenue was the Soviet-times name of the Mashtots Avenue 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.

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), a metro station in Saint Petersburg.

See also

• Lenin Street, Novosibirsk
• Leninsky (disambiguation)
• Lenin Square (disambiguation)
• List of places named after Vladimir Lenin

References