Minaeva Street (till 1899 it was called Soldatskaya Street) - is the main road to the center of Ulyanovsk, thruway that connect three districts of the city. But more than half a century ago in leisurely Minaeva Street was situated plain houses. They didn't remain, but one house still stays among multi-storied buildings of our days. This is a house of poet Dmitry Minaev, here he lived and worked in the 19th century, not knowing that one of the most beautiful streets of Ulyanovsk will be called after his name.

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A wide boulevard covered with thick green - this is Gonacharova Street - the main thoroughfare of the city. It begins with blocks of apartment houses, and further is situated a heart of culture-leisure life of Ulyanovsk citizens: movie theaters, shops, cafes. In the center of the city is a pedestrian boulevard with an openwork grating and green plantations along the road. All, who visit Ulyanovsk aspire to walk on this peculiar "Arbat".

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One of the central streets of the city is K.Marksa Street. It got its name in the 40s. Before that it was called Myasnitskaya, Dvortsovaya, and Lassal Street. In this part of the city where crossed Bolshaya Saratovskaya and Dvortsovaya Streets, was situated gostiny dvor (rows of trade stalls), and then Dvortsovye Ryady - a popular trading place. To K.Marksa Street are faced the main front of CNTI, several banks, the plant "Kontaktor", the stadium "Trud", the modern commercial center "Amarant", the building of UVD and others.

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Federatsii Street is situated not far from the center of Ulyanovsk. Here are situated different companies, offices, trade organizations, small cafes and restaurants. Here, near barbecue-house in Federatsii St., is situated the unique monument to barbecue. This original monument was forged by the blacksmiths from LLC "Simbirsky blacksmith's house "Korch", which is situated also in this street not far away.

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One of the main streets of Ulyanovsk is Sovetskaya Streets (former Spasskaya Street). In the times of Simbirsk it was already a place of concentration of important state institutions. For example, in Spasskaya St. was situated a city theater. Now fronts of the hotel "Venets", Lenin Memorial, the hotel "Sovetskaya", Ulyanovsk Drama Theter and also Karamzin's Public Garden face Sovetskaya Street.

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Lenina Street was called so in honor of the revolutionist, publicist, founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Iljich Lenin, who was born in Simbirsk. Lenina Street (formar Pokrovskaya Street) this is, of course, not the very center of the city, but not its outskirt. Anyway it is worth walking in. In #47, Lenina Street is situated an old fire unit. However, it can be called old only symbolically. The point is that here modern designers and architects had worked excellent, and turned the building into museum exhibit with old lamp posts and wooden pavement.

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Name "Molochny Lane" is one of the first names. It is known since 1837.

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Trotskogo Street existed since 1918 till 1928. And in 1929 Lev Trotsky was expelled from the USSR. And the street was named after Gaj - one of the commanders of the Iron Division. And then it was called after the name of Kuznetsov - a metalworker of Volodarsky plant. He fought in Primorje, where was killed in 1936.

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12 Sentyabrya Street was called in honor of release of Simbirsk from white guards by the units of the Iron Division in autumn of 1918.

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