Tag: Khreshchatyk

In February 1981, on the corner of Khreshchatyk and Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, 3A (formerly Lenin Street), a small pastry stall opened to sell simple hot fast food – sausage rolls. Within less than a year Perepichka won the hearts (and stomachs) ...

In November 1951, a complex of television studios that afforded a highdefinition television image was built on Khreshchatyk of Kyiv. A 180- meter-high TV tower was erected at the same time (it was later dismantled). In 1968-1973, a new tower with a h ...

By Kyiv standards, Khreshchatyk is very recent. Less than two centuries ago, a stream ran through this site. Now there is Khreshatyk, the premier main street of the capital, and its business and cultural center. What is more, this street was not simp ...

Metrograd shopping mall is commonly referred as to as The Underground City, and for good reason. Before 2001, between Lva Tolstogo Square, Bessarabka Square and Khreshchatyk, there were long underground crosswalks which were later reconstructed. That ...

Bessarabsky Market. The ceremonial opening of this large indoor market took place on July 3, 1912. The market took its name from Bessarabska Square where it is located. It is ideally situated: the central street of the capital, Khreshchatyk, stretche ...

The interesting history of Kyiv. Kyiv is the main and largest city of the country, with an ancient and vibrant history. According to legend, it was founded by three brothers Kyi, Shchek, and Khoryv, and their sister Lybid. Their names are reflected i ...

Kyiv Central Post Office in center of Kyiv. Kyiv Main Post Office (Glavpochtamt) with its imposing entrance – a massive portico and columns — faces Maidan (Independence Square).It is the start of the so-called “Administrative Arc”; the group ...

Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kyiv. Built postwar on the ruins of the old Khreshchatyk, this house resembles a tall castle with a dungeon and two adjoining towers, standing on a rock above the river. But this river is the stream of people flowin ...

Passage is a small, narrow street located in the centre of the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev. It is the most unusual street in the capital. Should we say house-street, as it is a house that consists of two opposite buildings connected by passageways ...

Poshtova Square in Kiev. This square is also known as the “Gate of Podil”. Here begins Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi Street which leads straight to Kontraktova Square. Originally, this street had the name of Khreshchatyk from the brook flowing nearby ...

European Square – a square in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kiev. The European Square from which Khreshchatyk (Kyiv’s main street) begins is an amazing place. It was known under many different names during the last two hundred years: Horse’s ...

Khreshchatyk is one of the shortest and widest central streets in the world. By Kyiv standards, Khreshchatyk is very recent. Less than two centuries ago, a stream ran through this site. Now there is Khreshatyk, the premier main street of the capital, ...