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> The metro, which was named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin OK, I'm nitpicking, but it's not exactly true. The construction was overseen by the ruthless Kaganovi
by vadimberman 9y ago
> The metro, which was named after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
OK, I'm nitpicking, but it's not exactly true.
The construction was overseen by the ruthless Kaganovich and named after him. When Kaganovich was purged by the successor of Stalin (http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1934-2/the-moscow-metro/ http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1934-2/the-moscow-metro/), it was changed to "Lenin's".
- my_first_acct 9y agoThe St. Petersburg Metro was also named after Lenin. Its full Soviet-era name: the V.I. Lenin Order of Lenin Leningrad Metropoliten [1]. That's a lot of Lenin. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Metro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Metro