Lenin Stadium

Lenin Stadium was the common name of stadia in the Soviet Union.

The stadia formerly called the Lenin Stadium include:

  • Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow
  • Petrovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg

The stadia that still use this name include:

  • Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk)

Famous quotes containing the words lenin and/or stadium:

    “Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

    “It’s no accident that of all the monuments left of the Greco- Roman culture the biggest is the ballpark, the Colosseum, the Yankee Stadium of ancient times.”
    —Walter Wellesley (Red)