Kiev City Council
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Kiev City Council or Kyivrada (Ukrainian: Київрада) is the city council of Kiev (Kyiv) municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev (who is also directly elected in a separate election independent of the council election).
The council meets in a 1950s Kyivrada building constructed in neo-classical Stalinist architectural style on Khreschatyk, the city's main street.
The first ceremonial raising of the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag in modern times took place on July 24, 1990 at the flagstaff of Kyivrada, two years before the flag was restored as the National flag of the independent Ukrainian state (1992). The 1990 flag-raising and the spontaneous assembly became a major milestone in Ukraine's path to independence. July 24 was later marked as National Flag Day by independent Ukraine.
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- Kiev City Council (official site) (Ukrainian)
- Kiev City Administration (official site) (Ukrainian)
| Area surrounding Khreschatyk |
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| Besarabska Square: Besarabsky Market | Besarabsky Quarter | Metrohrad | Arena Centre |
| Prorezna Street | Central Department Store | Ministry of Agrarian Policy | Passage | City Council |
| Maidan Nezalezhnosti: Central Post Office | Globus | Liadskyi Gate | National Musical Academy | Hotel Ukrayina | October Palace | Trade Union House | Kiev Conservatory |
| European Square: Hotel Dnipro | Ukrainian House | Kiev Philarmony | Parliamentary Library |
