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Khreshchatyk (Ukrainian: Хрещатик, pronounced [xreˈʃt͡ʃɑtɪk]) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.The street is 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long, and runs in a northeast-southwest direction from European Square through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market.
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Subdivisions of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, include formal administrative subdivisions known as urban districts (raions) and also more specific, informal subdivisions referred to as historical neighborhoods.
View of the Golden Gates after recent major renovations.. The Shevchenkivskyi District [a] is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.It was originally established on 4 April 1937, although in 2001 its area was increased following an annexation of the former Radianskyi and Starokyivskyi districts.
The square itself is a multi-level location. At ground level is the intersection of Khreshchatyk, which splits Institute Street (vulytsia Instytutska), and Michael Street (vulytsia Mykhailivska). Underneath the square, the Obolonsko–Teremkivska line of the Kyiv Metro stretches across with its station Maidan Nezalezhnosti located underground.
Liuteranska Street (Ukrainian: Вулиця Лютеранська, lit. 'Lutheran Street') is a street located in the Lypky neighborhood of the Pecherskyi District in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. One of the most distinguishing features are the House of the Weeping Widow and the Lutheran Church of Saint Catherine. [1]
Kyiv (also Kiev) [a] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River . As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [ 2 ] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [ 11 ]
In 1842, it was renamed Instytutska Street, the name comes from the Kyiv Institute for Noble Maidens built on the street between 1838 and 1842 (later the October Palace). There was also a parallel unofficial name, Divocha Vulytsia. In 1919, the street was named 25 Zhovtnia, in honor of the date of the October Revolution of 1917.