Hrushevsky Street (Kiev)
| <span class="nickname" ">Вулиця Михайла Грушевського | |
 Hrushevsky street near Mariinsky Park (2011) | |
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| Length | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) |
| Location | Pechersk Raion, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| south end | Ploshcha Arsenalna (Arsenal Square) |
| north end | Ploshcha Yevropeiska (European Square) |
Mykhailo Hrushevsky Street or simply Hrushevsky Street[2][3][4] (Ukrainian: вулиця Михайла Грушевського, vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho) is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Named after Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, it is located in the government quarter Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk Raion. It houses the Supreme Council Building, Government Building and the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to Mariinsky Park which contains Constitution Square.
The street acts as a border between the Pechersk and Lypky neighborhoods. At the European Square this street connects to Old Kyiv. There is a noticeable ascend that starts at the European Square and continues on all the way to intersection with Garden Street next to the Government Building.
History
The street was established sometime in 1810s as part of bigger Alexander Street which included such modern streets like Sahaidachny Street, Volodymyr Descent, Museum Lane. The street was established along an old Ruthenian path called "Ivanivsky Road." After the return of the Soviets to Kyiv in 1919, the whole Alexander Street was renamed as Revolution street. After transfer of capital from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934, the street was split and the today's Hrushevsky portion was renamed as Kirov Street.
It is one of the main sites of the Euromaidan protests in 2014.[5]
Connecting streets
- Peter's Alley
- Museum Lane
- Serf's Lane (Kriposny provulok)
- Garden Street
- Silken Street
- Linden Street
- Constitution Square (pedestrian plaza)
Attractions
- Khreshchaty Park
- City Park
- Mariinsky Park
- Kiev Academic Puppet Theatre
- Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
Monuments
- Monument to Valeriy Lobanovsky
- Monument to Grigory Petrovsky (demolished in 2009)
Research institutions and museums
- Water information center
- National Art Museum of Ukraine
- Ostap Vyshnia Library
- National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building
- Institute of History of Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature
- Oleksandr Potebnia Institute of Language Studies
- All-Ukrainian Society of Regional Researchers
- Ukrainian Association of historians of science
Government institutions
- Library of Supreme Council of Ukraine
- Central House of Officers (Armed Forces of Ukraine, formerly House of Red Army)
- Central Museum of Armed Forces of Ukraine (formerly Historical Museum of Kiev District Troops)
- Library of the Cultural, educational and welfare center of Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Society of Officers of Ukraine
- Budynok Uryadu
- Embassy of China, Kiev
- Verkhovna Rada building
- Hotel Kyiv
See also
Further reading
- Kudrytskyi, A. V. (1982). Kyiv, A historical overview (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.
- Galina Savchuk, The Streets of Kiev, (Kiev, 1996).
References
- ↑ Streets and squares of Kiev in times of Soviet and German occupations. OUN-UPA website.
- ↑ The Fifth Floor. BBC. 28 November 2014
- ↑ Police attempts to dismantle barricade on Kyiv's Hrushevsky Street. Kyiv Post. 21 January 2014
- ↑ Englund, W. Ukrainian president, opposition leaders in talks after violent clashes escalate. Washington Post. 22 January 2014
- ↑ 15 journalists injured in clashes on Hrushevskoho Street
External links
- Hrushevsky Street at the Kiev web-encyclopedia (Ukrainian).
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