Vladimir Lenin

Traces in other cities

Saint Petersburg

Смольный институт — Bolshevik headquarters Oct 1917–Mar 1918; Lenin lived and worked here before the move to Moscow.

Saint Petersburg

Aurora — Aurora’s blank shot on 25 Oct 1917 signaled the assault on the Winter Palace during the October uprising he led.

Krakow

Avenue of Roses and the Former Lenin Monument Site — A monumental statue of Lenin stood here from 1973 until its removal in December 1989.

Riga

Brīvības Street

Saint Petersburg

Elizarov Apartment Museum — He used the apartment as his Petrograd home and a discreet Bolshevik meeting place between April and July 1917.

Saint Petersburg

Finland Station — He arrived from exile and addressed the welcoming crowd outside the station on April 3, 1917.

Saint Petersburg

Kirov Plant (Former Putilov Works) — He addressed a mass meeting of Putilov workers here in May 1917.

Saint Petersburg

Kschessinska Mansion (Museum of Political History of Russia) — He worked here as a Bolshevik leader and delivered a celebrated balcony speech after returning from exile.

Vilnius

Lukiškės Square

Saint Petersburg

Mikhailovsky Manege — He delivered a political speech to soldiers of the armored division here on April 15, 1917.

Saint Petersburg

Museum of Printing and Former Pravda Editorial Office — He wrote and edited a large body of Pravda articles in these rooms during the spring and early summer of 1917.

Saint Petersburg

Tauride Palace — Repeatedly spoke at Tauride Palace in 1917, including the 4 April report “On the Tasks of the Proletariat in this Revolution” (April Theses) to Bolsheviks/Mensheviks.

Saint Petersburg

Winter Palace — October uprising culminated in the storming of the Winter Palace; directed from Smolny.