Prospekt Lenina, Yekaterinburg
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Lenina Avenue is a main street of Yekaterinburg
, Russia
. It starts at Moskovskaya Street to the west, and ends at Kirov Square
to the east. The street is one of the busiest in Yekaterinburg and is a major shopping area.
The street is named after Vladimir Lenin
.
Among the buildings on the street is the Headquarters of the Volga-Urals Military District
, at No.71.
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It starts at Moskovskaya Street to the west, and ends at Kirov Square
Kirov Square
Kirov Square is a square in Yekaterinburg, Russia located on the eastern end of Prospekt Lenina.The square is named after Sergey Kirov. He was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist....
to the east. The street is one of the busiest in Yekaterinburg and is a major shopping area.
The street is named after Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
.
Among the buildings on the street is the Headquarters of the Volga-Urals Military District
Volga-Urals Military District
The Volga-Ural Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District. The headquarters of the Ural Military District, located at Yekaterinburg became the new headquarters...
, at No.71.