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."Ленинские годонимы России в 2020"
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
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