Lenin Street
Description:
This is the central street of the city. The primary names are Big and Astrakhan.
It starts from Cathedral Street and ends at Theater Square. In 1919 it was renamed Sovetskaya Street, from January 20, 1924 - Lenin Street. On April 15, 1994, the old name Astrakhan was restored. Since September 1997, Lenin Street has been restored.
In the general plan of development of Ryazan in 1782, the straightened Astrakhanskaya street is designated central in the rectangular quarters of the city. It passed from Cathedral Street to the Yamskaya outpost (since the 1960s - Theater Square), from where the road to Astrakhan began. Astrakhanskaya Street before the construction of Russian railways to the south - in the 1860s, served as Ryazan part of the horse-drawn trade route connecting Moscow with Astrakhan.
The street is decorated with ancient stone buildings built in 1800-1900s, many of them are architectural monuments.