Leninsky Avenue, Moscow

Leninsky Avenue
Native nameЛенинский проспект (Russian)
Length16 km (9.9 mi)
LocationMoscow
Nearest metro station#5 Koltsevaya line Oktyabrskaya
#14 Moscow Central Circle Ploshchad Gagarina
#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Leninsky Prospekt
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Novatorskaya
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Troparyovo
Coordinates55°41′04″N 37°32′23″E / 55.68444°N 37.53972°E / 55.68444; 37.53972

Leninsky Avenue (Russian: Ле́нинский проспе́кт "Leninsky prospekt") is a major avenue in Moscow, Russia, that runs in the south-western direction between Kaluzhskaya Square in the central part of the city through Gagarin Square to the Moscow Ring Road. It is a part of the M3 highway which continues from Moscow to Kaluga and Bryansk to the border with Ukraine, and used to provide connections with Kyiv and Odesa. It is also a part of the European route E101 connecting Moscow and Kyiv.

It is the second-widest street in Moscow after Leningradsky Avenue. Its width varies between 108 and 120 metres.[1]

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