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This is a list of places which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin. 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.[1][2][3]

Cities, towns, settlements and districts

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Former Soviet Union

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Azerbaijan

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Armenia

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Kazakhstan

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Kyrgyzstan

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Moldova

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Russia

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Tajikistan

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Ukraine

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Uzbekistan

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Eastern Europe

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Hungary

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Streets and squares

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Almost every town in the Soviet Union 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.[4][5][6] 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 Petro Poroshenko 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.[7] Places in Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic were not practically affected by this law due to their occupation by Russia.

Former Soviet Union

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Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Belarus

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Estonia

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Georgia

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Kazakhstan

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Latvia

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Lithuania

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Moldova

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The House of Culture in Elektrostal, along Prospekt Lenina

Russia

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Tajikistan

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Ukraine

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Uzbekistan

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Eastern Europe

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Bulgaria

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Czechoslovakia

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Hungary

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Poland

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Romania

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Slovakia

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Western Europe

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A street sign marking Avenue Lénine in Arcueil

France

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Finland

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Germany

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Italy

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"Master and Guide of the Revolution of the proletariat, the founder of the first socialist state in the world." Lenin Avenue in Luanda.

United Kingdom

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Southeastern Europe

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Montenegro

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Serbia

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Africa

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Angola

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Benin

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Mozambique

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South Africa

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Somalia

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Tunisia

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Asia

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India

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Malaysia

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A statue of Lenin in Lenin Flower Garden

Vietnam

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Places and parks

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Eastern Europe

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Azerbaijan

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Belarus

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Czech Republic

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Estonia

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Russia

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Tajikistan

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Romania

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Ukraine

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Central America/Caribbean

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Cuba

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Other

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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 Lenin 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia". 23 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin". 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21".
  4. ^ "Relics of the Soviet era remain in Russia". 23 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Russia has more than 5,000 streets named for Lenin, and one named for Putin". 10 June 2015.
  6. ^ "All streets in Ukraine named after Lenin, Marx, and 518 others must be renamed by November 21".
  7. ^ Poroshenko signed the laws about decomunization. Ukrayinska Pravda. 15 May 2015
    Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
    Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "KNAB". EKI. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  9. ^ "Rīgas ielas". Ciltskoki. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Jelgavas ielas". Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  11. ^ Way: V. I. Lenina (81047927). OpenStreetMap
  12. ^ Street names – Hatvani kapu tér
  13. ^ O'Brien, Sean (10 October 2015). "Sean O'Brien: How I fell under WH Auden's spell". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  14. ^ Henderson, Tony (30 December 2017). "The North East streets named after socialist leaders, radicals and reformers". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  15. ^ "The London haunts of VI Lenin". BBC News. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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