Kiev Central Post Office

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Main post office
Holowposchtamt
The main post office of Kiev

The main post office of Kiev

Data
place Kiev , UkraineUkraineUkraine 
architect Boris Ivanovich Prijmak
Architectural style Socialist classicism
Construction year 1952-1957
Coordinates 50 ° 26 '59.8 "  N , 30 ° 31' 23.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '59.8 "  N , 30 ° 31' 23.2"  E
particularities
Postal Museum
Main entrance with an arcade
The main post office (left) and the Majdan Nesaleschnosti

The Kiev Central Post Office ( Ukrainian Київський Головпоштамт / Kyjiwskyj Holowposchtamt ; Russian Киевский Главпочтамт / Kijewski Glawpotschtamt ) is in the early 1950s in the style of socialist classicism built building in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

location

The building, which also houses a postal museum , is located at Khreshchatyk number 22, on the corner of Majdan Nezalezhnosti .

history

The first stone building of the Khreshchatyk stood in place of today's main post office from 1797. It was a large two-story brick building with two wings and belonged to Onufrij Holovynskyj. The municipal post office moved there in 1849 and the Grand Hotel , which was destroyed in 1941, was later built here . It had 110 rooms, an excellent restaurant, room telephone and all the other advantages of the time. The suites cost 30 rubles a day.

The post office building was the first major renovation project in downtown Kiev after World War II . A clock above the main entrance of the building, which is preceded by a columned arcade, shows the times of some of the world's cities. On August 2, 1989, the arcade of columns collapsed and killed eleven people who were in the square. Since this tragedy was one of several at this point, it led to speculation about a supernatural cause. In the early 1990s the arcade was rebuilt.

On February 19, 2014 the building was occupied for a few days by Euromaidan activists .

Web links

Commons : Chreschtschatyk 20-22  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Main Post Office on restplace.com.ua ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Günter Schäfer: "Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr", 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , page 35
  3. ↑ a b Secret Kiev Central Post Office 13- Tragedy in the center of Kiev in 1989 ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Russian)
  4. ↑ Stranger Khreschatyk ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ Almost all the luxury hotels in Kiev were destroyed in 1941 on oldkyiv.ua ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Ukrainian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oldkyiv.org.ua
  6. ↑ Poltergeist and Post ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Russian)
  7. ↑ MYSTIC main post office ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Russian)
  8. ↑ Maidan defenders took over the main post office ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Russian)
  9. ↑ Post Office on Khreschatyk ; last accessed on April 11, 2014 (Ukrainian)