Victory Square (Kiev)
| Victory Square Peremohy Square |
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 Map of Victory Square in Kiev |
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| place | Kiev |
| District | Shevchenko Raion |
| Created | Mid 19th century |
| Newly designed | 1960-1970 |
| Hist. Names | Galician Square, Powstannja Square |
| Buildings | Obelisk in honor of the city of Kiev , National Circus of Ukraine , Hotel "Lybid", department store "Ukraine" |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , motor traffic , public transport |
The Victory Square ( Ukrainian Площа Перемоги Ploschtscha Peremohy ) or Peremohy Square is a place in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
location
Victory Square is an important traffic junction in Shevchenko Raion in the west of Kiev City on ten streets, including Taras Shevchenko Boulevard and Victory Prospectus .
history
The square, laid out in the middle of the 19th century, is named after the victory in the Great Patriotic War .
From 1867 it was called Halyzkaplatz (Galizischer Platz), in 1905 it was named Powstannja-Platz (insurrection square) and since 1952 it has had its current name.
Development
The square is dominated by buildings in the style of Soviet architecture. Worth mentioning is the building of the National Circus of Ukraine ( Національний цирк Украuteни ) built in 1960 in neo- classical style, designed for 2000 spectators , the largest dome building in the city at the time, the 17-storey hotel "Lybid" and the department store "Ukraine".
Obelisk in honor of the city of Kiev
The 43-meter-high "Obelisk in honor of the city of Kiev" is a reinforced concrete obelisk clad in white marble with a gold-plated Soviet star on its top. It got its name because of the title "City of Heroes" awarded to the city in 1965, which it acquired in the Great Patriotic War. It was placed in the center of the square in 1985 on the 40th anniversary of Victory.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victory Square in the Kiev Encyclopedia , accessed on March 4, 2014 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Official page of the circus / history ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 March 4, 2014 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Günter Schäfer: "Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr", 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 180-181.
- ↑ Hero City Obelisk ; accessed on March 21, 2014 (Ukrainian)
Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 48.6 ″ N , 30 ° 29 ′ 33.3 ″ E