Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street or simply Hrushevskyi Street ( uk, вулиця Михайла Грушевського , translit=vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho) is a street in central
Kyiv, the capital of
Ukraine.
The street is named after Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman
Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Hrushevsky wrote his first academic book on the history of
Bar, Ukraine, titled ''Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes: XV-XVIII''.
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street is located in the government quarter
Lypky neighborhood
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of the
Pecherskyi District
Pecherskyi District ( uk, Печерський район) is an Urban districts of Ukraine, urban district of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It lies within the eponymous historical neighborhood, while also including some other historical areas. ...
. It houses the
Supreme Council Building,
Government Building
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and the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to
Mariinskyi Park which contains
Constitution Square.
The street acts as a border between the
Pechersk and
Lypky neighborhoods. At the European Square this street connects to
Old Kyiv. There is a noticeable ascend that starts at the European Square and continues on all the way to the intersection with Garden Street next to the
Government Building
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.
History
The street was established sometime in the 1810s as part of bigger Alexander Street which included such modern streets as Sahaidachny Street, Volodymyr Descent, Museum Lane. The street was established along an old
Ruthenian path called "Ivanivsky Road". After the return of the Soviets to Kyiv in 1919, the whole Alexander Street was renamed Revolution street. After the transfer of capital from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934, the street was split and today's Hrushevskyi portion was renamed as Kirov Street.
It is one of the main sites of the
Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
protests in 2014.
Connecting streets
* Peter's Alley
* Museum Lane
* Serf's Lane (Kriposny provulok)
* Garden Street
* Silken Street
* Linden Street
*
Constitution Square (pedestrian plaza)
Attractions
* Khreshchaty Park
* City Park
*
Mariinskyi Park
*
Kyiv Academic Puppet Theatre
The Kyiv Academic Puppet Theatre ( uk, Київський державний академічний театр ляльок) is a theatre in Kyiv in Ukraine
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*
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
The Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho is a multi-functional stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine that is modified for football use only.
It is the home stadium of FC Dynamo Kyiv yet not the main stadium, for which Dynamo uses the bigger NSC Olym ...
Monuments
* Monument to Valeriy Lobanovsky
* Monument to
Grigory Petrovsky
Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Петро́вский, uk, Григо́рій Іва́нович Петро́вський, translit=Hryhorii Ivanovych Petrovskyi) (3 February 1878 - 9 January 1958) wa ...
(demolished in 2009)
Research institutions and museums
* Water information center
*
National Art Museum of Ukraine
The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine.
History
The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Ky ...
* Ostap Vyshnia Library
*
National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
The Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine ( uk, Національна бібліотека України імені Ярослава Мудрого, translit.: ''Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine'') is one of the national librar ...
* National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building
**
Institute of History of Ukraine
** Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature
** Oleksandr Potebnia Institute of Language Studies
** All-Ukrainian Society of Regional Researchers
** Ukrainian Association of historians of science
Government institutions
* Library of Supreme Council of Ukraine
*
Central House of Officers (
Armed Forces of Ukraine
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known ...
, formerly House of Red Army)
** Central Museum of Armed Forces of Ukraine (formerly Historical Museum of Kyiv District Troops)
** Library of the Cultural, educational and welfare center of Armed Forces of Ukraine
** Society of Officers of Ukraine
*
Budynok Uryadu
Ukrainian Government Building ( uk, Будинок Уряду, romanized: ''Budynok Uriadu'') is located in center of Kyiv at Hrushevsky Street in the vicinity of Verkhovna Rada building. It serves as the administrative building for the Cabinet of ...
**
Cabinet of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...
**
Ministry of Finance
**
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
*
Embassy of China, Kyiv
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ukraine ( uk, Посольство Китайської Народної Республіки в Україні; ) is the diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China in Ukraine.
History ...
*
Verkhovna Rada building
* Hotel Kyiv
See also
*
Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...
Further reading
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References
External links
Hrushevskyi Streetat the Kyiv web-encyclopedia .
Hrushevskoho Mykhaila (Грушевського Михайла) Collection of landmarks of history and culture.
Mark Estabrook photographs of the Euromaidan Revolution
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Streets in Kyiv
Pecherskyi District