List of places named after Vladimir Lenin


This is a list of places which are located all around the world named or renamed in honor of famous Russian revolution leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the pen name Lenin.

Cities, towns, settlements and districts

Former Soviet Union

Almost every town in the Soviet Union had a street named after Lenin. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of those were renamed, but many others retained their names. This concerns also the names of city districts. Listed below are some of the streets named after Lenin, mostly outside the former Soviet Union.
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 streets and squares etcetera with a name related to Communism. Places in Crimea, the Donetsk Republic, and Lugansk Republic were not practically affected by this law due to a lack of Ukrainian control in those areas.

Former Soviet Union

Eastern Europe

Western Europe

, the founder of the first socialist state in the world." Lenin Avenue in Luanda.

A large number of enterprises and other objects in the former Soviet Union and other countries of the Socialist bloc were named after Lenin: for example, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Lenin and Lenin Stadium. Additionally, every reasonably large settlement had a Lenin Street or Lenin Avenue.