Топонимические советизмы, связанные с именами Ленина и Сталина

The paper addresses post-revolutionary patterns in Russian toponymic onomastics. The chapter presents and discusses standard means of forming place names: 1) related to Lenin, the father of the Soviet country: Ленинград, Ленинск, Лениногорск, Ленинский, Ленинское, Ленино, Лениндар, Ленингори, Ленинкорань, Ленинабад, Ленинакан, Ульяновск, Ульяновка, Ленина пик or Ленинаканское плато; 2) to honour Stalin and his followers: Сталинград, Сталиногорск, Сталинск, Сталин, Сталинири, Сталинисси, Сталинабад, Сталина пик or Сталина залив. Toponyms like those fulfilled the function of symbols in the light of the ongoing changes. Many of these names were changed after the transformation of the system and substituted for historic names.