Lenine, Crimea
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Lenine | |
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Леніне, Ленино, Yedi Quyu | |
Region: | Lenine raion |
Coordinates: | |
Altitude: | ~30 m |
Area: | ? km² |
Population: — Density: |
8,451 (2001) ? /km² |
Postal codes: | 98200 — 98203 |
Phone prefix: | +380-6557 |
Time zone: | EET: UTC+2 |
Former name(s): | Sem Kolodezey (until 1957) |
Lenine or Lenino (Ukrainian: Леніне, Russian: Ленино, Crimean Tatar: Yedi Quyu) is an urban-type settlement in the eastern Crimea, in the southwestern part of the Kerch Peninsula. It is the seat of the Lenine raion. Its Crimean Tatar name Yedi Quyu means "Seven Wells". It is located by the railway station Sem' Kolodezey (Russian: Семь Колодезей) which also means "Seven Wells", by the Dzhankoy-Kerch branch.