Prospect Beresteiskyi (, , ) is the second longest public roadway ( prospekt) in

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, Ukraine. The roadway was created in the second half of the 20th century (1964) as part of the urbanized area of the Brest-Lytovske highway and was known as Brest-Lytovskyi prospect (). At the beginning of the Soviet

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period in 1985, it was renamed to Prospect Peremohy (), for the 40th anniversary of the victory of the

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in the

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. It gained its current name in February 2023.In Kyiv, the avenue and Victory Square were renamed

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(9 February 2023)

History

Originally being terminated at the Povitroflotskyi overpass, in 1985, when it was renamed, the prospect was extended all the way to the

Halytska Square Halytska Square (, translit.: ''Ploshcha Halytska'') in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is a large square in the city. The square is in Shevchenkivskyi District and located on Kyiv's main westward thoroughfare (Prospect Beresteiskyi – Tarasa Sh ...

which until 1985 was part of boulevard Tarasa Shevchenka. Through Halytska Square and boulevard Tarasa Shevchenka, the roadway reaches

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 Sq ...

Bessarabska Square The Bessarabska Square (, ''Bessarabska ploshcha'') is a square located at the southwest end of Khreshchatyk, the main thoroughfare of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the city's Shevchenkivskyi District (district), at the busy in ...

. Along the streets are located various important institutions of government, education and culture. It is part of the former business route (currently rerouted along the Kyiv Great Ring Road). Along the prospect are located several

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es and bridges (Povitroflotskyi, Shuliavskyi, over the Railway crossing, Kovelskyi, over the Great Ring road, and Havanskyi bridge). There are also six metro stations of the

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as well as three railway stations.

Significant buildings

* #10 – Ministry of Education and Science * #14 – Ministry of Infrastructure * #13 – Sky Towers * #32 –

Kyiv Zoo The Kyiv Zoo (, ) is the largest zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine, and one of the largest in the former Soviet Union. Situated on about , the zoo is cared for by 378 staff members and receives about 280,000 visitors annually. History The Kyiv Zoo was founde ...

* #34 –

Bogomolets National Medical University Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU) is a medical school founded in 1841 in Kyiv, Russian Empire by the Russian Tsar Nicolas I. The university is named after physiologist Oleksandr Bogomolets. NMU provides medical training for over 10,0 ...

* #37 –

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute The Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ( KPI, ; official full title National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute") is a National university, national public university, public technological university in Kyiv, Ukrain ...

* #44 –

Dovzhenko Film Studios The Dovzhenko Film Studios () is a former Soviet film production studio in UkrSSR and Ukraine that was named after the Soviet film producer, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, in 1957. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the studio became a property of the ...

* #49/2 – Bilshovyk Factory (formerly Greter and Kryvanek Co.) * #50 – "Presa Ukrainy" Publishing * #54 – Hetman National Economic University * #67 – Kyiv Machinebuilding Factory "Verkon" * #82 – Park "Nyvky" * #83 – ATEK * #97 – Svyatoshynskyi District Administration (Kyiv city) * #100 –

Antonov Serial Production Plant The Antonov Serial Production Plant (), formerly AVIANT (), is an aircraft manufacturing company in Kyiv, Ukraine, the serial manufacturing division of the Antonov. “Antonov” serial production plant's office and industrial premises are locat ...

(formerly Aviant) * #126 – Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion Administration

References

External links

Prospect Peremohy (Перемоги проспект)
Kyiv Web Encyclopaedia. Streets in Kyiv Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv Sviatoshynskyi District Solomianskyi District {{Ukraine-road-stub