Independence Street (Ivano-Frankivsk)

Independence Street
<span class="nickname" ">Вулиця Незалежності (Ukrainian)

Between intersections of Franka and Lepkoho
Former name(s) Tysmenytsia Road
Sapieha Street
Soviet Street
Length 2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Addresses 4 Business-Center "Kyiv"
11 Hausvald Building
27A Regional Music-Drama Theater
48 Prykarpattransgaz
Location Central and Eastern Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
west end Viche Maidan
Halych Street
Major
junctions		 18
east end Tysmenytsia Street
Bystrytsia of Nadvirna

Independence Street (Ukrainian: Вулиця Незалежності, vulytsia Nezalezhnosti) is considered the central street of Ivano-Frankivsk. It runs from west to east and passes the original city's center 250–300 meters south from it. Starting at the west side of the Viche Maidan what is known as the Halych Street Independence Street makes its way along the old Tysmenytsia road east to Bystrytsia river, passing which it changes its name to Tysmenytsia Street running through the city's suburbs towards the city of Tysmenytsia.

Brief history

Leon Sapieha

The street is not the oldest in the city and was formed after the dissembling of the city's fortifications at the end of 18th century. The street began to gain its importance with establishment of railroad through the city around the 1860s, which was passing the old Stanislawow on the north-eastern side running from the north to the south-east. Until 1869 the street, unknown whether officially or not, was simply referred to as Tysmenytsia Road. On July 1, 1869 at the 300 Anniversary of the Union of Lublin the street was officially renamed into Leon Sapieha Street (Ulica Sapiezinskogo) after Leon Sapieha, a renown Polish parliamentarian. That name the street carried almost until the Soviet invasion in 1939. It was during that time that Independence Street was becoming the central street of the city. With the establishment of the West Ukrainian People's Republic in the region (1918-1922), the name of the street changed to Shevchenko Street (1919-1922) after Taras Shevchenko. With the establishment of the Soviet regime and until 1993 with the displacing the city's Lenin monument the street was called Soviet.

Architectural monuments

Cultural sights

List of intersecting streets

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