Michael Square (Kiev)
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 19.8 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 15.6 ″ E
| Michaelplatz Mychajliwska ploschtscha Sankt-Michael-Platz |
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.svg) Michaelplatz map |
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| place | Kiev |
| District | Shevchenko Raion |
| Newly designed | 1990s |
| Hist. Names | Government Square, Soviet Square, Kalinin Square |
| Confluent streets | Volodymyrskyi projisd |
| Buildings | St. Michael's Monastery , Monument to Princess Olga , Building of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Holodomor Monument |
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| User groups | Foot traffic , events , |
The Michaelsplatz ( Ukrainian Михайлівська площа / Mychajliwska ploschtscha ) is a square in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev . The square is named after the St. Michaelskloster , which towers above the square.
Location and development
The square is located on the Old Kiev Mountain in Shevchenko Raion and is one of the oldest squares in the city.
On the square is the St. Michael's Monastery, which was rebuilt in the 1990s , the monumental building of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry built in the 1930s in the style of socialist classicism , a memorial for the victims of the Holodomor , the monument to Princess Olga, the Holy Apostle Andrew and the Missionaries Cyril and Method as well as the building of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine built in 1860 . A funicular runs from the northeast of the square to the Kiev district of Podil in the lower town.
Names
From 1937 to 1961 the square was called Government Square, from 1961 to 1977 it was called Soviet Square and from 1977 to 1991 it was called Kalinin Square.
Web links
- Michaelplatz on Kievtown (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Square in the Kiev Encyclopedia ; accessed on April 15, 2014 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (= Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 53 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).
- ↑ Website of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on April 16, 2014 (Ukrainian)
