The majority of researchers believe that the name of the river Lena has been acquired from the original [[Evenks|Even-Evenk]] name ''Elyu-Ene'', which means "the Large River".
It has been suggested that [[Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov]] tookis hisbelieved alias,to ''Lenin''have (meaningnamed ''manhis ofalias the Lena''), fromafter the river Lena.It— has''Lenin'' been suggested that this was done— after the events leading to the [[Lena Goldfields Massacre]] of workers by the [[tsar]]ist Russian Armyarmy in April of [[1912]], although the adoption of his [[pseudonym]] predates this event. Another suggestion is that the adoption comes about as a result of a personal feud with [[Georgi Plekhanov]], who called himself ''Volgin'' after the [[Volga]] river. The adoption of the Lena, which is much stronger than and flows in the opposite direction asto the Volga; Ulyanov, however,would hadbe noan disagreementobvious withchoice Plekhanovfor when[[Vladimir heIlyich firstUlyanov]] beganbut one that is refuted due to usethe fact that when the name was first used he had no disagreement with Plekhanov.
[[Image:Lena River Delta - Landsat 2000.jpg|thumb|right|Lena river Delta by Landsat 2000]]
