Khreshchatyk
Sign in to saveKhreshchatyk (, ) 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 through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market. The offices of the Kyiv City Council, the Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the TsUM department store, and the Ukrainian House, are all located on Khreshchatyk.
Key facts
- Street.name
- Khreshchatyk
- Street.image
- Khreshchatyk.jpg
- Street.image_size
- 250
- Street.caption
- Khreshchatyk in 2021
- Street.former_names
- Wacław Worowski Street (19231937), (19411943)
- Street.length_km
- 1.2
- Street.location
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Street.terminus_a
- European Square
- Street.terminus_b
- Bessarabska Square
- Street.junction
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti
- Street.metro
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti / Khreschchatyk ( / ) Teatralna / Zoloti Vorota ( / )
- Street.status
- pedestrianised during weekends and public holidays
- Historic site.embed
- yes
- Historic site.designation1
- UKRAINE LOCAL
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- (Khreshchatyk Street)
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Urban Planning
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 927-Кв
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- 19th century - World War I
- Pre-World War II Soviet Ukraine
- World War II
- Post-war Soviet Ukraine
- Post-independence
- Attractions
- Transportation
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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 through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market. The offices of the Kyiv City Council, the Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the 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, the Kyiv Stock Exchange, the , and the Ginsburg Skyscraper. The street was rebuilt in a Stalinist neo-classical style after the end of the war, and has been renovated since Ukraine's independence.