Lenin Square

Lenin Square is a square in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Lenin Square is situated nearby to Singing fountains, as well as near the town hall Администрация Калининского района.

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Petersburg–Finlyandsky and Locomotive H2 293.

St Petersburg–Finlyandsky

Railway station

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Petersburg–Finlyandsky, also known as Finland Station, is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, handling transport to westerly destinations including Helsinki and Vyborg. St Petersburg–Finlyandsky is situated 460 metres north of Lenin Square.

Locomotive H2 293

Photo: MHlopov, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Finish locomotive H2 293 is a memorial-locomotive, displayed at the Finland Station in Saint Petersburg. It gained historical relevance when Vladimir Lenin fled Petrograd in 1917 while disguised as a stoker. Locomotive H2 293 is situated 210 metres northeast of Lenin Square.

Ploschad‘ Lenina

Metro station

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Ploshchad Lenina is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, located between Chernyshevskaya and Vyborgskaya. The station was opened on June 1, 1958, on the second line of the metro between Ploshchad Vosstaniya and Ploshchad Lenina. Ploschad‘ Lenina is situated 330 metres north of Lenin Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vyborg Side and Peter and Paul Fortress.

Vyborg Side

Suburb

'The Vyborg Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.

Peter and Paul Fortress

Neighborhood

Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Center

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

Lenin Square

Type: Square
Description: square in St. Petersburg
Category: locality
Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

59.95429° or 59° 57′ 16″ north

Longitude

30.35552° or 30° 21′ 20″ east

Open location code

9GFGX934+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 638200751

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

Wikidata ID

Q4365636

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Lenin Square” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Լենինի հրապարակ”
Belarusian: “Плошча Леніна (Санкт-Пецярбург)”
Belarusian: “Плошча Леніна”
Chinese: “列宁广场”
Esperanto: “Placo Lenino”
Italian: “piazza Lenin”
Italian: “Piazza Lenin”
Japanese: “レーニン広場”
Russian: “площадь Ленина (Санкт-Петербург)”
Russian: “площадь Ленина”
Russian: “Площадь Ленина”
Russian: “площадь Финляндского вокзала”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Singing fountains and Администрация Калининского района.

Nearby Places

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