Lienina Avenue 51, Homieĺ, Constructivist building at Lienina Avenue 51, Homieĺ, Belarus.

The House-Commune at Lienina Avenue 51 is a P-shaped residential block occupying the length of a city block, with its main facade facing the avenue. Seven-storey vertical volumes flank a central six-storey section with side wings. The facades have no architectural decoration; their rhythm comes from rows of windows and alternating loggias and balconies.

Built between 1929 and 1931 to Stanislaŭ Šabunieŭski's design as housing for workers of the local locomotive and wagon repair plant, it was one of the first communal houses in Belarus; a similar one followed in Babrujsk in 1930–1935. During the German occupation it housed the Gestapo, and in 1942 Soviet patriots raised a red flag over what was then Gomel's tallest pre-war building. Rebuilt in 1946–1949 on the old planning structure, it was last reconstructed in 2008–2010.

The building's name comes from its original communal design: floors two to six held 2–3-room cells along a long corridor, with shared kitchens, washrooms and rest rooms. The ground floor was planned for a dining hall, library and kindergarten. Much of this was never realised as intended, and after several rebuildings the house became a corridor-type dormitory; today shops occupy the ground floor and flats the upper floors. It also appears in Vasil Tkachov's 2009 novel "House of the Commune".

The building occupies a full block front on Lienina Avenue at number 51, in the city centre; its P-shaped plan means the main facade faces the avenue while the wings run back from it. Ground-floor shops and offices open onto the street, and the residential floors above are reached by separate entrances. The nearest public transport stops are on the same avenue.

The building became the title setting of Vasil Tkachov's 2009 novel "Dom kommuny". It was also Gomel's first building with a lift, and during the German occupation it housed the Gestapo; in 1942 Soviet patriots raised a red flag over it, then the tallest pre-war building in the city.