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Encyclopedia > List of places named after Lenin

This is a list of places, mostly in the former Soviet Union or other formerly communist countries, named or renamed in honor of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a...

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This article is about the year. ... Map of South Ossetia showing Akhalgori in the south-east of the unrecognized republic Akhalgori is a district of Georgia controlled by the Post-Soviet internationally unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, which still denominates the place by their former Russian name — Leninogorsk. ... Official language Ossetian Capital Tskhinvali President Eduard Djabeevich Kokoity Prime Minister Igor Viktorovich Sanakoyev Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water  3,900 km²  n/a Population  â€“ Total  â€“ Density (2004)  70,000 (approx)  18/km² Independence  â€“ Declared  â€“ Recognition From Georgia  â€“ November 28, 1991  â€“ none Currency Russian ruble, Georgian lari Time zone UTC +3 Detailed... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... Russia is a federation which consists of 88 subjects (Russian: ; English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Lenino is the name of a number of minor settlements withing the territory of the former Soviet Union, named after Vladimir Lenin Lenino, Crimea, Ukraine (ru:Ленино (Крым)) Lenino, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus Lenino, Homiel Voblast, Belarus Lenino-Kokushkino in Tatarstan, Russia (tt:Lenino-KokuÅŸkino), formerly Kokusnkino, an estate of Lenin family... Leninogorsk (Russian: ) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. ... 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Leninskie Gorki (Cyrillic: Горки Ленинские) is a village in the Leninsky district of Moscow Oblast, 35 km south of Moscow, Russia. ... Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kirov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Tula Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Саха́ (Яку́тия); Yakut: Саха Республиката) is a federal subject of... Leninsky District is the name of several places: Leninsky District, a district in Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. ... Capital Birobidzhan Area - total - % water Ranked 64th - 36,000 km² - no data Population - Total - Density Ranked 80th - est. ... Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ... Tula Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Volgograd Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Tiszaújváros is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 35 km south-east of Miskolc, near the river Tisza. ... Ulyanovsk (Russian: ), formerly Simbirsk (), is a city on the Volga River in Russia, 893 km east from Moscow. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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It should be noted that almost every town in Soviet Union had a street named after Lenin. After the collapse of the USSR, many of those were renamed, but many others retained their names, so making a complete list of them has no sense. This concerns also the names of city districts. Listed below some of the streets named after Lenin, mostly outside the former USSR.

County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... Ivry is part of the name of several communes in France: Ivry-la-Bataille, in the Eure département Ivry-sur-Seine, in the Val-de-Marne département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Persan is a commune of the Val-dOise département, in France. ... Bobigny is a town and commune of France, in the suburbs is of Paris, chief town of the arrondissement of the Seine-Saint-Denis. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Chopwell is a village in Tyne and Wear, located approximately three miles west of Rowlands Gill and one mile north of Hamsterley. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Stanley is an old masculine name from the 11th and 12th century English contraction of Stoney Meadow. It is also the name of a number of places, and has other miscellaneous uses. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brno ( ) (IPA: ) (Czech: Brno) (German: Brünn) is the second largest city in the Czech Republic. ... Ústí nad Labem (help· info) (-Czech, German: Aussig an der Elbe) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Usti nad Labem Region. ... Pilsen redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Krnov (read kûr´nôf in Czech, German: Jägerndorf, new-Polish: Krnów, old-Polish: Karniów, Latin: Carnovia) is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Bruntál, on the Opava River near the Polish border. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Reggio Emilia (RE) Mayor Elevation m Area 17. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Reggio Emilia (RE) Mayor Elevation m Area 28. ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Erode (pronounced e-road, where ஈரோடை by time became as ஈரோடு in Tamil) is a city in the state of Tamilnadu, India. ... Map of Pondicherry Region, Union Territory of Pondicherry, India Pondicherry (Tamil:புதுவை,Hindi: पॉण्डिचेरी) is a Union Territory of India. ... Votive Church Szeged (help· info) (in Serbian Segedin or Сегедин, in German Szegedin/Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Area    - City 1,310 km²  - Land (?) km²  - Water (?) km² Elevation 550 m Population    - City (15 September 2006) 1,246,791  - Density 907/km²  - Metro 1,377,761 Time zone EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) Website...

Other places

A very large number of enterprises and other objects in the Soviet Union and other countries of the Socialist bloc were named after Lenin. For example: the nuclear powered icebreaker Lenin; Lenin Stadium. Also, every reasonably large settlement had a Lenin Street or Lenin Avenue ("Leninsky Prospekt"). Independence Peak (Qulla-i Istiqlol), known as Lenin Peak before July 2006 and Mount Kaufmann in the 1920es, is the highest mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of central Asia and the third highest peak in the Pamir Mountains, exceeded only by Ismail Samani Peak (7,495m) and and Pobeda... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: +99450 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Location Location of Minsk, shown within the Minsk Voblast Government Belarus District City Belarus Minsk Voblast Minsk City City 980 (Polatsk) Mayor Mikhail Pavlov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 256 km² Population  - City (2006) 1,780,000 Coordinates Elevation 280. ... Astrakhan coat of arms features the Khans crown and a sabre Astrakhan (Russian: ; Tatar: Ästerxan), a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. ... Barnaul sign near the Ob River Barnaul (Russian Барнау́л, pop. ... Cheboksary (Russian: Чебокса́ры, Chuvash: Шупашкар /transliteration: Shupashkar/) is a city in Russia, capital of Chuvashia. ... Chelyabinsk Theatre. ... Grozny or Groznyy (Russian: ) is the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia. ... Irkutsks location Irkutsk (Russian: ) is the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, one of the largest cities in Siberia. ... Ivanovo (Russian: Ива́ново) is the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. ... The city coat of arms Izhevsk (Иже́вск, from 1985 to 1987 Ustinov, after Dmitri Ustinov [Усти́нов]) is the capital and culture center of Udmurtia within the Russian Federation. ... Konstantin Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga, built in 1967 Kaluga (Калу́га in Russian) is a city in central Russia on the Oka River 188 km southwest of Moscow, administrative center of Kaluga Oblast. ... Kemerovo (Russian: Кемерово) is an industrial city on the River Tom situated east-northeast of Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia (55 25N 86 05E). ... Kirov (Ки́ров) is a city in eastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, capital of Kirov Oblast. ... Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Russian: Комсомо́льск-на-Аму́ре; often transliterated directly as Komsomolsk-na-Amure) is a city located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the left bank of Amur River. ... Flag Seal Location Location of Krasnoyarsk and Krai in Russia Coordinates , Government Krai Krasnoyarsk Mayor Pyotr Pimashkov Geographical characteristics Area     City 172 km²     Land   172 km²     Water   0 km² Population     City (2005) 917,200     Density   5,300/km² Elevation +135. ... A steel production facility in Magnitogorsk in the 1930s Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk (Russian: ) is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country. ... Makhachkala (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Russian: ) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... Area  - Total 260,000 mi² Population  - City (2003)  - Metropolitan 1,334,249 2 million approx. ... View from space Nizhny Tagil (Ни́жний Таги́л, also transliterated Nizhniy Tagil and Nižnij Tagil) is a city in Russia, located in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Ural Mountains (57° 56 N, 60° 00 E). ... Official website: http://www. ... Serafimo-Alekseevskaya chapel, Oktyabr (formerly Rossiya) hotel, and Organ music hall Omsk (Russian: ) is a city in southwest Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. ... Orenburg (Russian: ) is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast in the Volga Federal District of Russia. ... Orsk (Russian: ) is a city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, situated in the southern Urals, at . ... Penza (Пе́нза) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Penza Oblast in the Volga Federal District. ... City of Perm, Church of Ascension Perm (Russian: ) is a city in and administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia. ... The kremlin in Rostov Rostov (Russian: Росто́в) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... Samara (fruit) — a type of winged tree fruit Samara, Russia — a large city to the east of the Volga River. ... Saransk from space Saransk (Russian: ; Mordvin: Саран ош) is a city in central European Russia, capital of the republic of Mordovia. ... Saratov (Russian: ) is a major city in southern European Russia. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912. ... Stavropol (Russian: ) is a city located in south-western Russia. ... Komunalnaya Ulitsa, Tambov Tambov (Тамбо́в) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tambov Oblast. ... Flag Seal Location Tomsk and Oblast on the map of Russia Coordinates , Government Oblast Tomsk Mayor Aleksandr Makarov Geographical characteristics Area     City 294,6 km²     Land   294,6 km²     Water   0 km² Population     City (end of 2005) 509,568     Density   1,730/km² Elevation +100 m Website: Municipality website Main... Tymen in the 1680s Tyumen (Тюме́нь) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Tyumen Oblast in the Urals Federal District . ... Ufas coat of arms Ufa (Russian: ; Bashkir Өфө; Tatar Ufa, Öfä; Chuvash Ěпхӳ) is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. ... Ulyanovsk (Russian: ), formerly Simbirsk (), is a city on the Volga River in Russia, 893 km east from Moscow. ... Vladimir (Влади́мир) is a city in Russia, administrative center of Vladimir Oblast. ... Vladivostok (Russian: ) is the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated close to the Russo-Sino border and North Korea. ... Voronezh (Russian: ) is a large city in southwestern Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... A public building in Yaroslavl Yaroslavl (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km north-east of Moscow at . ... Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were executed. ... Å koda Works (Czech: Å kodovy závody) was the largest industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. ... Pilsen redirects here. ... The Czech Social Democratic Party (Czech: ÄŒeská strana sociálnÄ› demokratická or ÄŒSSD) is the Social Democrat political party in the Czech Republic. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Icebreaker Lenin Lenin was the first nuclear surface ship in the world. ... Lenin Stadium was the common name of stadia in the Soviet Union. ...


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After Lenin's death in January 1924, Stalin, Kamenev, and Zinoviev together governed the party, placing themselves ideologically between Trotsky (on the left wing of the party) and Bukharin (on the right).
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Lenin eventually recovered, though his health declined from this point, and it is believed that the incident contributed to his later strokes.
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Despite Lenin's expressed wish shortly before death that no memorials be created for him, various politicians sought to better their own position vicariously by association with Lenin after his death, and his character was elevated to almost mythical status, with statue after monument after memorial springing up in his honor.
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