Hrushevskoho Street
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| Вулиця Михайла Грушевського (Ukrainian) | |
 Hrushevskoho street in Kyiv | |
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| Length | 1,540 m (5,050 ft) |
| Location | Pechersk Raion, Kiev, Ukraine |
| south end | ploshcha Arsenalna (Arsenal Square) |
| north end | ploshcha Yevropeiska (European Square) |
Maykhaila Hrushevskoho Street or briefly Hrushevskoho Street (Ukrainian: вулиця Михайла Грушевського, vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho) is a street in central Kiev (Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine, located in the Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk Raion. The street is a border between Pechersk and Lypky neighborhood. At the European Square it connects to Old Kyiv.
It was named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman. It houses the Supreme Council Building, Government Building, building of the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to Mariinsky park which contains Constitution Square.
It is one of the main places of the Euromaidan protests.[2]
See also
Further reading
- Kudrytskyi, A. V. (1982). Kyiv, A historical overview (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.
- Galina Savchuk, The Streets of Kiev, (Kiev, 1996).
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