Lenin Square, Donetsk
Lenin Square () is the main square in Donetsk, the capital of the proto-state breakaway republic of the Donetsk People's Republic. It is located between the streets of Artem, Postyshev, Gurov, and Komsomolskiy Avenue. It was formed between 1927 and 1967. In 1967, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, a monument to Lenin was erected on Lenin's Square. Many notable events have occurred on the square recently, including the following: