Introduction to Lenin Road: Lenin Road is a main street in the north-south direction of Irkutsk. The intersection with Karl Marx Street, another main street in the east-west direction, is Lenin Square. From Lenin Square to the north along Lenin Road, passing the National Gallery, you will arrive at Kirov Square with its fountain, the red Polisky, the Spasskaya Church with white walls and green roofs, the Bagaye Brene Monastery and other attractions.