Ilicha Avenue is a street in Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod, running through the historically established Sotsgorod — a residential district built in the 1930s simultaneously with the Gorky Automobile Plant. The name honors Vladimir Ilyich Lenin; the article about him notes that Nizhny Novgorod residents immortalized the Leader's name in two avenues — Lenin Avenue and Ilicha Avenue, as well as Lenin Square and Ulyanovykh Street.[1]

Location and Surroundings

The avenue intersects with a number of streets in Avtozavodsky District: Poyushcheva Street begins at Lenin Avenue, crosses Ilicha Avenue, Kirov Street, and Komsomolskaya Street, and ends where it transitions into Motorny Lane. The Administration of Avtozavodsky District is located at Ilicha Avenue, 31.

History and Infrastructure

In 1933, Hospital No. 1 received its own dedicated building on Ilicha Avenue, becoming a multi-specialty facility: its departments of internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, and pediatrics opened, along with maternity beds. At the same time, the central district polyclinic relocated to the new building. At Ilicha Avenue, building 1a, a bathhouse operated from 1932 to 1940 — one of the structures erected during the formation of Sotsgorod alongside the residential blocks.[2][3]

Status in the Encyclopedia

Ilicha Avenue is included in the encyclopedia's list of anticipated articles as one of the notable landmarks of Avtozavodsky District.

Sources

  1. GIPERNN — Building No. 12 on Ilicha Avenue is a four-story brick residential building constructed in 1932, one of the earliest structures in the Sotsgorod development.
  2. pro-nn.org — At the address Ilicha Avenue, building 1a, a bathhouse was located between 1932 and 1940 — one of the structures erected during the formation of Sotsgorod, built simultaneously with the residential (archive)
  3. Wikipedia (ru) — Ilicha Avenue begins at Lenin Avenue and runs westward, ending at its intersection with Levitan Street. (archive)
Materials from articles used (5)

Avtozavodsky District, Lenin, Mayor, Brezhnev, Poyushcheva Street