List of places named after Joseph Stalin

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During [[Joseph Stalin]]'s rule (1922–1953), many places, mostly cities, in the [[Soviet Union]] and other communist countries were named or renamed in honour of him as part of the [[Joseph Stalin's cult of personality|cult of personality surrounding him]]. Most of these places had their names changed back to the original ones shortly after the [[20th Congress of the CPSU|20th Congress]] of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1956 or after the beginning of [[de-Stalinization]] in 1961.

In some countries, including those in the [[Western world|West]], there are streets, squares, etc. named after [[Stalingrad]] (and hence indirectly after Stalin) in honour of the courage shown by the defenders at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] against [[Nazi Germany]]. These names have not been changed since they refer to the battle rather than the city itself.

==Cities==
===Eastern Europe===

====Albania====
* '''Qyteti Stalin''', 1950–1990 – [[Kuçovë]]

====Bulgaria====
* '''Stalin''', 1949–1956 – [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]]

====East Germany====
* '''Stalinstadt''', 1953–1961 – [[Eisenhüttenstadt]]

====Hungary====
* '''Sztálinváros''', 1951–1961 – [[Dunaújváros]]

====Poland====
* '''Stalinogród''', 1953–1956 – [[Katowice]]

====Romania====
* '''Orașul Stalin''', 1950–1960 – [[Brașov]]
* '''[[Stalin Region]]''', 1950–1960 – [[Brașov County]]

=== Former Soviet Union===
====Armenia====
* '''Imeni Stalina''', – [[Aygevan]]

====Azerbaijan====
* '''Stalino''', – [[Çaylı, Tartar|Çaylı]], [[Tartar District|Tartar]]
* '''Stalino''', – Stalino, [[Goygol District|Goygol]]

====Georgia====
* '''Staliniri''', 1934–1961 – [[Tskhinvali]], South Ossetia
* '''Stalinisi''', 1931–1934 – [[Khashuri]], [[Shida Kartli]]

====Russia====
* '''Stalingrad''', 1925–1961 – [[Volgograd]]
* '''Stalinogorsk''', 1934–1961 – [[Novomoskovsk, Russia|Novomoskovsk]]
* '''Stalinsk''', 1932–1969 – [[Novokuznetsk]]

====Tajikistan====
* '''Stalinabad''', 1929–1961 – [[Dushanbe]]

====Turkmenistan====
* '''Stalin District''', 1935–1961 - [[Murgap District]]

====Ukraine====
* '''Stalin''', 1924–1929 – [[Donetsk]]
* '''Stalino''', 1929–1961 – [[Donetsk]]

==Parks and natural places==
===Former Soviet Union===
==== Azerbaijan====
*'''Stalin raion''', – [[Sabail raion]]

====Tajikistan====
*'''Pik Stalina''' (Stalin Peak), 1932–1962 – [[Ismoil Somoni Peak]]

===Eastern Europe===
====Bulgaria====
*'''Vrah Stalin''' (Stalin Peak), 1950–1962 – [[Musala]]

====Czech Republic====
*'''Stalingrad''' – Housing estate [[Karviná]]-Nové Město
*'''Stalingrad''' – Housing estate built in 1950s [[Žďár nad Sázavou]], The name Stalingrad is still in use in this town as of 2009{{update inline|date=October 2017}} despite some attempts to rename the borough after the [[Velvet revolution]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

==== Czechoslovakia====
*'''Stalinovy závody''' (Stalin factories) in Záluží (today within [[Litvínov]]), 1946–1962. Chemical factory founded under the name ''Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerk AG'' in Maltheuern (now Záluží) in World War II as part of the [[Reichswerke Hermann Göring|Hermann-Göring Conglomerate]] (named after Nazi leader [[Hermann Göring]]) to produce [[synthetic oil]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chemopetrol.cz/html/index.php?s1=1&s2=5&s3=1&s4=6&lng=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231021304/http://www.chemopetrol.cz/html/index.php?s1=1&s2=5&s3=1&s4=6&lng=1|archive-date=31 December 2007|title=Stručná Historie, Vývoj Názvu Podniku|lang=cs|trans-title=Brief History, Development of the Company Name|website=Chemopetrol}}</ref>

====Romania====
*'''Raionul Stalin''' (Stalin city district), [[Bucharest]],
*'''Regiunea Stalin''' (Stalin region), in central Romania (1950–1960)
*'''Poiana Stalin''', [[Poiana Braşov]] (1950–1960)

====Slovakia====
*'''Stalinov štít''' (in Slovak, ''Stalinův štít'' or ''štít J. V. Stalina'' in Czech, Stalin Peak or J. V. Stalin Peak), 1949–1961 – [[Gerlachov Peak]],

===Asia===
====China====
*'''Stalin Park''' – Park [[Harbin]]

===North America===
====Canada====
*'''Geographic Township of Stalin''', before 1986 – Geographic [[Hansen Township, Ontario|Township of Hansen]], Ontario<ref>Ontario (1986) "c 52 Geographic Township of Hansen Act, 1986," ''Ontario: Annual Statutes'': Vol. 1986, Article 59.

Available at: <nowiki>https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ontario_statutes/vol1986/iss1/59</nowiki></ref>
*'''Mount Stalin''', before 1987 – [[Mount Peck]], British Columbia

== Streets and squares ==
=== Eastern Europe ===

==== Albania ====

* '''Bulevardi Stalin''' (Stalin Boulevard) – now [[Zogu I Boulevard]], [[Tirana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Part 3 - Tirana |url=https://www.johninthebalkans.com/part-3-tirana |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=John In The Balkans |language=en}}</ref>

====Czechoslovakia====
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*'''Stalinova ulice''' (Stalin Street) – now Vinohradská tř. (from 1962; formerly: ''Říčanská'', ''Černokostelecká'', ''Jungmannova'' (1884–1920), ''Fochova'' (1920–1940), ''Schwerinova'' (1940–1945)), [[Prague]]
*'''Stalinova ulice''' – now Starochodovská ul., [[Prague]]
*'''Stalinova ulice''' – now Pěkná ul. (1962–1972 ''Jiráskova ul.''), [[Brno]]-Chrlice
*'''Stalinova ulice''' – now Americká ul. (''Stodolní'', ''Jungmannova'', ''Moskevská'', ''Vítězná''), [[Plzeň]]
*'''Stalinova třída''' / '''třída Generalissima Stalina''' (Stalin Road / Generalissimus Stalin Road) – now Revoluční ul. (formerly ''Hauptstraße''), [[Krnov]],
*'''Stalinova třída''' – now třída Míru, [[Pardubice]]
*'''Stalinovo náměstí''' (Stalin Square) – now Palackého nám., [[Bruntál]]
*'''Stalinovo náměstí''' – now Masarykovo nám., [[Ostrava]]
*'''Stalinovo náměstí''' – now Mariánské nám., [[Uherský Brod]]
*'''Stalinovy sady''' (Stalin Park) – now Koliště, [[Brno]]-město
*'''Námestie J.V. Stalina''' / '''Nám. maršála J.V. Stalina''' / '''Stalinovo námestie''' (J.V. Stalin Square / Marshal J.V. Stalin Square / Stalin Square) – now Námestie Maratónu mieru, [[Košice]]
*'''Stalinova ulica''' (Stalin Street) – now Hlavná ulica, [[Prešov]]
*'''Stalinovo námestie''' (Stalin Square) – now Námestie SNP, [[Bratislava]]

====East Germany====

{{More citations needed section|date=March 2010}}
*'''Stalinallee''' (Stalin Avenue) in Berlin, [[German Democratic Republic|East Germany]], 1952–1961 – now [[Karl-Marx-Allee]] (see also: [[Stalin-Allee]], about a film featuring this street)
*'''Stalinstraße''' (Stalin Street) – now Lübsche Straße, [[Wismar]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now St.Annen-Straße, [[Brandenburg an der Havel]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Wismarsche Straße, [[Schwerin]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Gartenstraße, [[Bützow]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Am Planetarium, [[Jena]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Chemnitzer Straße, [[Mölkau]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Eisenberger Straße, [[Hermsdorf, Thuringia|Hermsdorf]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chronik Hermsdorf / Thüringen 1950 bis 1954 |website=Hermsdorf Regional – die Geschichte einer Stadt |quote='''21.12.1951''' – ''Die Bahnhofstraße und die Eisenberger Straße wurden zusammengelegt und in Josef-Stalin-Straße umbenannt.'' |url=http://www.hermsdorf-regional.de/chronik/stadt/1950-1954.html |accessdate=14 September 2013 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301220012/http://www.hermsdorf-regional.de/chronik/stadt/1950-1954.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Straße des Friedens, [[Wurzen]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Thomasstraße, [[Greiz]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Schweriner Straße, [[Ludwigslust]]
*'''Stalinstraße''' – now Bernhardstraße, [[Sonneberg]]
*''' Stalinstraße''' – now Fritz-Hesse-Straße, [[Dessau]]

====Hungary====
*'''Sztálin út''' (Stalin Street) – now [[Andrássy út]], [[Budapest]]

====Poland====
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*'''Ulica Józefa Stalina''' (Joseph Stalin Street) – now ulica Dworcowa, [[Gliwice]]
*'''Ulica Józefa Stalina''' – now ulica Główna, [[Łódź]]
*'''Ulica Józefa Stalina''' – now ulica Lwowska, [[Tarnów]]
*'''Aleja Stalina''' (Stalin Avenue) – now [[Aleje Ujazdowskie]], [[Warsaw]]
*'''Ulica Marszałka Stalina''' (Marshal Stalin Street) – now ulica Jedności Narodowej, [[Wrocław]]
*'''Ulica Józefa Stalina''' – now ulica Lipowa, [[Białystok]]
*'''Aleja Stalina''' (Stalin Avenue) – now Aleja 23 stycznia, [[Grudziadz]]
*'''Plac Józefa Stalina''' (Joseph Stalin Square) – now [[Revival Square]], [[Szczecin]]

====Romania====
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*'''Bulevardul I.V. Stalin''' (J.V. Stalin Boulevard) – now Bulevardul Aviatorilor, [[Bucharest]]
*'''Piața I.V. Stalin''' (J.V. Stalin Square) – now [[Charles de Gaulle Square]], Bucharest
*'''Parcul I.V. Stalin''' (J.V. Stalin Park) – now [[Herăstrău Park]], Bucharest

==== Yugoslavia ====
'''Staljingradska ulica'''(Via Stalingrado) - ''now Ciottina Ulica''(Ciotta street) - Rijeka

* '''Staljinova ulica''' (Stalin street) – now ''Ulica bana Jelačića'' ([[Ban Jelačić]] street), [[Đakovo]]<ref>Lekšić, Željko. "Zgrade na nekadašnjem đakovačkom Zrinjskom trgu ." ''Zbornik Muzeja Đakovštine'' 8, br. 1 (2007): 117-134. <nowiki>https://hrcak.srce.hr/217340</nowiki></ref>
* '''Staljinova ulica''' (Stalin street) – now ''Domobranska ulica'', [[Karlovac]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulić |first=Patrik |date=2018-09-25 |title=Priča iz Staljinove ulice |url=https://svetijosip.com/aktualno/dogadanja/1866-prica-iz-staljinove-ulice/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Nacionalno svetište svetog Josipa u Karlovcu |language=hr}}</ref>
* '''Staljinova ulica''' (Stalin street) – now ''Ulica maršala Tita'', [[Mostar]]
* '''Ulica Generalisimusa Staljina''' (Generalisimus Stalin Street) – now ''Ulica narodnih heroja,'' [[Novi Sad]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bogosavljević |first=Ž |date=2008-06-02 |title=Hitlerova i Staljinova ulica postala Narodnih heroja |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/vojvodina/hitlerova-i-staljinova-ulica-postala-narodnih-heroja/yxgj6pf |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Blic.rs |language=sr}}</ref>
* '''Bulevar generalisimusa Staljina''' (Generalisimus Stalin Boulevard) – now ''[[European Avenue|Europska avenija]]'' (partly) and ''Kapucinska ulica'' (partly)'','' [[Osijek]]<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 2009 |title=ODNOS TOTALITARNIH REŽIMA PREMA KULTURI I URBANOM PLANIRANJU |journal=Essehist |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=31}}</ref>
* '''Staljinova ulica''' (Stalin street) – now ''Prvomajska ulica'', [[Zemun]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stojković |first=Dragan |url=https://www.mostart.co.rs/pdf/dosije%20zemun/12-Divlja%20gradnja%20i%20uredjenje%20grada.pdf |title=DOSIJE ZEMUN 1999 - 2003 |publisher=Most Art |year=2008 |isbn=978-86-84149-21-5 |location=Zemun |pages=276}}</ref>

===Soviet Union===
==== Belarus====
*'''Prospekt imeni Stalina''' (Проспект имени Сталина, Stalin Avenue), 1952–1961 – now Prospekt Nezavisimosti (Проспект Независимости, Independence Avenue), [[Minsk]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

==== Estonia====
*'''Stalingradi väljak''' (Stalingrad Square) – now Tornide väljak (Towers' Square), [[Tallinn]]<ref name="estonia"/>
*'''Stalini tänav''' (Stalin Street) – now Lossi tänav (Castle Street), [[Kuressaare]]<ref name="estonia"/>
*'''Stalini tänav''' – now Vestervalli tänav (Vestervalli Street), [[Narva]]<ref name="estonia"/>
*'''Stalini väljak''' (Stalin Square) (1940–1960) – now [[Viru Square|Viru väljak]] (Viru Square), [[Tallinn]]<ref name="estonia">{{cite web|url=http://www.eki.ee/cgi-bin/mkn8.cgi?form=ee&lang=en&kohanimi=stalin&f2v=Y&keel=&f3v=Y&allikas=&staatus=&nimeliik=&maakond=&vald=&kihelkond=&asum=&f10v=Y&x1d=&x1m=&x1s=&x2d=&x2m=&x2s=&y1d=&y1m=&y1s=&y2d=&y2m=&y2s=&f14v=Y&of=tb|title=EKI KNAB|publisher=[[Institute of the Estonian Language|EKI]]|accessdate=8 August 2010}}</ref>
*'''Stalini väljak''' – now Kesklinna park (City Park), [[Võru]]<ref name="estonia"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Radzinsky|first=Edvard|title=Stalin|year=1997 |publisher=Anchor |isbn=9780385479547 |url=https://archive.org/details/stalinfirstindep00radz_0|url-access=registration}}</ref>

==== Georgia====
*''' სტალინის ქუჩა''', (Улица Сталина, Stalin Street), [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]] (Stalin's birthplace){{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
*Tbilisi: Stalin Embankment ({{Langx|ka|სტალინის სახელობის სანაპირო}}), renamed {{Ill|Zviad Gamsakhurdia Embankment|ru|Набережная Звиада Гамсахурдиа}} in 2004
*''' სტალინის ქუჩა''', (Улица Сталина, Stalin Street), [[Tsnori]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

==== Latvia====
*'''Staļina iela''' (Stalin Street), 1940–1941 – now Lielā iela (Main Street), [[Jelgava]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jelgavas ielas|url=https://www.jelgavasbiblioteka.lv/par-jelgavu/jelgavas-ielas/|website=Jelgavas pilsētas bibliotēka|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref>

==== Russia====
*''' Ulitsa Stalina''', (Улица Сталина, Stalin Street) – formerly Friendship Street, [[Beslan]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
*''' Prospekt Stalina''', (Проспект Сталина, Stalin Avenue) – now Ulitsa 50 Let Pobedy

=== Western Europe ===
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====Austria====
*'''Stalinplatz''' (Stalin Square), 1946–1956 – [[Schwarzenbergplatz]], [[Vienna]]

====France====
*'''Rue Staline''' (Stalin Street), [[Essômes-sur-Marne]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Staline, rue d'Essomes-sur-Marne|url=http://www.encyclopedie.picardie.fr/Staline-rue-d-Essomes-sur-Marne.html|website=PICARDIA, l'encyclopédie picarde|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref>
*'''Boulevard de Stalingrad''', [[Issoudun]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/36100+Issoudun,+France/@46.9494797,1.9891743,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47fafcde6b242b1f:0x40dc8d705389e30!8m2!3d46.947535!4d1.988654 | title=Issoudun · 36100, France }}</ref>
*'''Rue de Stalingrad''', Paris
*'''[[Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad]]''', Paris
*'''{{interlanguage link|Place de Stalingrad (Bordeaux)|fr}}'''

====Italy====
*'''Via Stalin''' (Stalin Street), [[Campobello di Licata]]
*'''Via Stalin''', [[Raffadali]]

====Netherlands====
*'''Stalinlaan''' – now Vrijheidslaan, [[Amsterdam]]. Following the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation in 1945, the city of Amsterdam named three major streets for the World War II [[Allies of World War II|Big Three]] – Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin – the three streets converging on Victory Square. The first two names remain, but the name of Stalin Street was changed to "Freedom" (Vrijheid) after the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956]].

====United Kingdom====
*'''Stalin Road''', [[Colchester]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/4216206.Colchester__Stalin_should_stay_/|title=Colchester: Stalin should stay!|first=Wendy|last=Brading|date=22 March 2009|newspaper=Essex County Standard}}</ref>
*'''Stalin Avenue''', [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]]
*'''Stalingrad Square''', Coventry (now Volgograd Square)

===Asia===
====China====
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*'''Stalin Street''' (斯大林大街), [[Changchun]], (1946–1996) The longest street in Northeast China. It was given this name in the aftermath of [[Operation August Storm]], the victorious large-scale Soviet campaign in Manchuria.
*'''Stalin Square''' (斯大林广场), [[Dalian]], (1946–1993) This square was given its name for its Stalin statue, which has since been removed.
*'''Stalin Road''', (斯大林路), [[Dalian]]
*'''Stalin Park''', (斯大林街), [[Harbin]]

====Iran====
*'''Stalin Street''', former name of a street in [[Tehran]]. The city named three streets after the three leaders – Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin – that met at the [[Tehran Conference]] of 1943. The names all disappeared after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<ref>{{cite book|author=Elliot, Jason|title=Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys through Iran|publisher=Picador|page=15}}</ref>

====North Korea====
*'''Ssŭttallin kŏri''' (쓰딸린 거리; Stalin Street) – now Victory Street, [[Pyongyang]]<ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Charles K.|title=The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUf-_XACg3UC&pg=PA42|year=2013|publisher=Cornell University Press|location=Ithaca|isbn=978-0-8014-6879-7|page=42}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of places named after Lenin]]
* [[List of renamed cities and towns in Russia]]
* [[List of things named after Fidel Castro]]
* [[List of things named after Kim Il-sung]]
* [[List of places named after Tito]]

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