Khreshchatyi Park ( uk, Хрещатий парк) is a city park in
Kyiv located next to the
European Square, on right bank slopes of
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
and along the
Volodymyr Descent
Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill ( uk, Володимирська гірка, ''"Volodymyrska hirka"'') is a large park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and pro ...
. It covers area of .
Since 2019, a
glass pedestrian bridge has connected the park with
Volodymyr Hill
Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill ( uk, Володимирська гірка, ''"Volodymyrska hirka"'') is a large park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and prom ...
.
Visitor's attractions and landmarks
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National Philharmonic of Ukraine
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine ( uk, Національна Філармонія України), often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and ''National Philharmonic'', is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khrestchaty Park in ...
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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 ...
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People's Friendship Arch
The Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian people ( uk, Арка свободи українського народу, translit=Arka svobody ukrainskoho narodu) is a monument in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was opened on 7 November 1982, amidst th ...
*
Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
* Monument to
Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, link=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka., mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recogni ...
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Kyiv Water Museum
The Kyiv Water Museum (official name the Water-Information Centre) is an educational centre that occupies one of the buildings from the early centralised water-supply system in the city, which was built at the middle of the 19th century. It is loc ...
(Water information center)
* Kyiv State Puppets Theater (previously the Dnipro Stereo-Cinema Theater)
Former landmarks
* Monument to
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Gra ...
(replaced with
Joseph Stalin)
* Monument to
Grigory Petrovsky
Gallery
File:Khreshchatyi Park and Kyiv Puppetry.JPG, Puppets Theater
File:Вид на Арку Дружби народів.jpg, People's Friendship Arch
File:Парк Хрещатий Зима.jpg, Water tower (Museum of Water)
File:Хрещатий парк 02.JPG, Water tower (Museum of Water)
File:Хрещатий парк 5833.JPG, Arch to the Magdeburg Right's Monument
File:Хрещатий парк 5973.JPG, Glinka Monument
References
External links
Khreshchatyi Parkat the Kyiv e-Encyclopedia.
at Kievtown.net
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Tourist attractions in Kyiv
Parks in Kyiv