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European Square (Kiev)
European Square (, ) is a square located in what is known as the Old Town (Stare Misto) or the Upper Town, in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is also located at the north-eastern end of the Khreschatyk, the city's main thoroughfare. Other streets connected to the square are Tryokhsvyatytelska Street, Volodymyrskyi Descent, and Hrushevsky Street. In 2013–14 the square was one of the centres of the EuroMaidan protests.Live updates of the protests (27, 28 & 29 November 2013) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor of Germany#Nazi Germany (1933–1945), the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of Holocaust victims, about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to German Empire, Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919 he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Descent
Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill (, ''"Volodymyrska hirka"'') is a large park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and prominent landmark is the Monument to Prince Volodymyr. The monument, with its prominent location and overlooking the scenic panorama of the left-bank of Kyiv, has since become one of the symbols of Kyiv, often depicted in paintings and photographic works of the city. The Hill provides an excellent panorama of the Dinpro River, the Left Bank, and Podil. History The first historical reference to Volodymyr Hill was in the ''Primary Chronicles'' of Kyivan Rus, where it describes Sviatopolk II of Kyiv building the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in 1108. The hill, on which the cathedral was built, was a citadel within the ancient part of Kyiv, built by and named after Iziaslav I of Kyiv. Volodymyrska Hill park was established in the mid-19th century, its name reflecting the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khreshchatyk
Khreshchatyk (, ) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The street is long, and runs in a northeast-southwest direction from European Square (Kyiv), European Square through the Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market. The offices of the Kyiv City Council, the Central Post Office (Kyiv), Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food (Ukraine), Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the State Committee for Television and Radio-broadcasting (Ukraine), State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the TSUM Kyiv, TsUM department store, and the Ukrainian House, are all located on Khreshchatyk. Khreshchatyk was deliberately destroyed during World War II by retreating Red Army troops. Among the notable buildings that were dynamited were the Kyiv City Duma building, Kyiv City Duma, the Kyiv Stock Exchange, the , and the Ginsburg Skyscraper. The street was rebuilt in a Stalinist architecture, Stalinist neo-classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street or simply Hrushevskyi Street () is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The street is named after Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Hrushevsky wrote his first academic book on the history of Bar, Ukraine, titled ''Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes: XV-XVIII''. Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street is located in the government quarter Lypky Subdivisions of Kyiv, neighborhood of the Pecherskyi District. It houses the Verkhovna Rada building, Supreme Council Building, Budynok Uryadu, Government Building and the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to Mariinskyi Park which contains Constitution Square (Kyiv), Constitution Square. The street acts as a border between the Pechersk, Kyiv, Pechersk and Lypky neighborhoods. At the European Square this street connects to Old Kyiv. There is a noticeable ascent that starts at the European Square and continues on all the way to the intersection with Garden Street n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Over Saint Volodymyr Descent
Pedestrian and cycling bridge over Saint Volodymyr Descent (), also known as Klitschko Glass Bridge (, ''Sklianyi mist Klychka''), is a bridge connecting two parks in Kyiv, Ukraine—the Saint Volodymyr Hill and Khreshchatyi Park—over the street Saint Volodymyr Descent. It is used by pedal cycles and pedestrians only. Built over five months at a cost of 275 million Ukrainian hryvnia, hryvnia, the bridge was opened by Mayor of Kyiv, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko on 25 May 2019. History Background The original idea of the bridge between two parks belongs to a Ukrainian architect named Vasyl Krychevsky. The bridge was supposed to be a part of Kyiv Government Center project made for architecture contest that was held in 1934, when Kyiv regained its status as the Ukrainian capital. Krychevsky designed the traffic viaduct that was planned to connect the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Council of People's Commissars. He was praised for the viaduct project, but his varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Library Of Ukraine
The Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine () is one of the national libraries of Ukraine, one of the largest libraries of the country. It was opened in 1866 as the city's public library. The main building of the library is located on ''1, Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street'' on the European Square in the center of Kyiv. It is the central library of Ukraine's public library system and is a research institute of bibliography and library science. As of 2015, the size of the funds amounted to about 4.7 million units. History The library's building itself was built in 1911, by the architects Z. Kliave and A. Krivosheyev. The library itself was first founded in 1866. During the library's 140 years of existence, it has obtained over 4 million items in its collection (which started out as a private collection). During its existence, it has collated a large collection of early prints, and rare and valuable books. During the Second World War, the library suffered serious damage and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Philharmonic Society Of Ukraine
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine (), often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and National Philharmonic, is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khreshchatyi Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Formerly the Merchant's House, the building's use for musical performances is associated with the Philharmonic Society, established by Mykola Lysenko. The historic building was built at the end of the 19th century. Standing at the end of Khreshchatyk street near the European Square, it has hosted numerous Russian composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and famous opera singers like Leonid Sobinov and Feodor Chaliapin. History The Merchant's House At the end of the nineteenth century, Kyiv, at the time the leading commercial center in the south-west of the Russian Empire, flourished in its cultural development. In 1881, the Council of Elders of the Kyiv Merchants Assembly acquired permission to establish a recreational area in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khreshchatyi Park
Khreshchatyi Park () is a city park in Kyiv located next to the European Square, on right bank slopes of Dnipro and along the Volodymyr Descent. It covers area of . Since 2019, a glass pedestrian bridge has connected the park with Volodymyr Hill. Visitor's attractions and landmarks * National Philharmonic of Ukraine * National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine * Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People * Monument to the Magdeburg Rights * Monument to Mikhail Glinka * Kyiv Water Museum (Water information center) * Kyiv State Puppets Theater (previously the Dnipro Stereo-Cinema Theater) Former landmarks * Monument to Alexander II of Russia (replaced with Joseph Stalin) * Monument to Grigory Petrovsky Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (, ; 4 February 1878 – 10 January 1958) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik. He participated in signing the Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Treaty of Brest-L ... Gallery File:Khreshchatyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNIAN
The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News () is a Kyiv-based Ukraine, Ukrainian news agency. It produces and provides political, business and financial information, and a photo reporting service. As of October 2022, it was the most visited news site in Ukraine with a 19% market share. UNIAN is a part of 1+1 Media Group, related to Ukrainian oligarchs, oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi. UNIAN was founded in March 1993 as the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News. The agency's offices are at 4 Khreshchatyk Street, adjacent to European Square (Kyiv), European Square, in Kyiv. UNIAN offers its press conference hall to interested customers. UNIAN runs a TV channel, UNIAN TV, broadcasting news, analytical programs, documentaries, sport and movies. It is available on satellite, cable and IPTV networks. It broadcasts unencrypted from the AMOS-2 satellite (4.0 W), at 10722 Horizonal, 27500. The channel's General Producer is Vladyslav Svinchenko. On August 28, 2013, Oksan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Dnipro
Hotel Dnipro () is a four-star hotel located in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, on European Square, next to Khreschatyk Street and near Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square). The hotel was built in 1964 in a location which originally was occupied by Kyiv's Hotel Yevropa. The interior and design of the restaurant in the Hotel Dnipro was made by the architect Irma Karakis. Formally state owned, in July 2020 the hotel was sold to the private real estate company Smartland. Smartland won an open auction with their bid of ₴1,111,111,222.22 (about US$40 million (at the time)).Hotel "Dnipro": The founder of the company that won the auction was a professional poker player - media |
Destalinization
De-Stalinization () comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and the thaw brought about by ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, and his 1956 secret speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", which denounced Stalin's cult of personality and the Stalinist political system. Monuments to Stalin were removed, his name was removed from places, buildings, and the state anthem, and his body was removed from the Lenin Mausoleum (known as the Lenin and Stalin Mausoleum from 1953 to 1961) and buried. These reforms were started by the collective leadership which succeeded him after his death on 5 March 1953, comprising Georgi Malenkov, Premier of the Soviet Union; Lavrentiy Beria, head of the Ministry of the Interior; and Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Terminology issues The term ''de-Stalinization'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
