Kiev City Council building

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Kiev City Council building
Kiev City Council building on Khreshchatyk No. 36

Kiev City Council building on Khreshchatyk No. 36

Data
place Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
Architectural style Socialist classicism
Construction year 1952-1957
Coordinates 50 ° 26 '47 "  N , 30 ° 31' 16"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '47 "  N , 30 ° 31' 16"  E
particularities
Cultural monument

The building of the Kiev City Council is a building erected between 1952 and 1957 in the style of Socialist Classicism in Kiev , the capital of Ukraine .

The listed building is located on Kiev's main street , Khreschtschatyk number 36. To the left of the building is the also listed central department store (ZUM) . In the city council building is the city council, the local government of the city of Kiev, which is what gave the house its name. The mayor of the city of Kiev (since June 5, 2014 Vitali Klitschko ) has his official residence in the building.

The lower three floors of the building are clad with granite , the seven floors above have narrow pillars and massive cornices. A memorial plaque reminds that on July 24, 1990 the national flag was officially hoisted on the flagpole in front of the building for the first time in the modern history of Ukraine . It is a cultural monument of local importance by resolution number 49 of the Executive Committee of Deputies of the Kiev City Council of January 21, 1986. During the Euromaidan , the house served as a place to rest and sleep for demonstrators.

The building at night

Web links

Commons : Building of the Kiev City Council  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Objects of cultural heritage in Kiev No. 1246, on the website of the Office for Cultural Heritage ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2015 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 16, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guoks.gov.ua
  2. ^ Günter Schäfer: "Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr", 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , page 46
  3. ↑ The Kiev "Maidan" becomes the Deutsche Welle fortress on December 4, 2013, accessed on May 18, 2015