The Stadion Dynamo imeni Valeria Lobanovskoho is a multi-functional stadium in

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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 Olympiyskiy. The Dynamo Stadium is also a major alternative stadium for the

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that often plays its exhibition games. The stadium holds 16,873 people, and was built in 1934 as

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Dynamo Stadium by the project of Vasyl Osmak as the central stadium of the Ukrainian SSR

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associated with OGPU/

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. It was built in the park area next to the NKVD building which is today is known the Government building.

History

The Dynamo Stadium was built in 1934 during transferring of the Soviet capital from

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. It was built near the newly erected building that was initially intended as a republican NKVD headquarters in

(today building of the Government of Ukraine). The stadium current name was given in honour of the former Dynamo Kyiv and

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coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi in 2002, who died on 13 May that year, at age 63. In January 2014, the square adjoining the stadium's main gate from

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became scene of the month-long street battle between attacking activists of the

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and police. At several moments, the clashes took place immediately on top of the stadium gate, with at least one rioter filmed being thrown down at the pavement by police officers. The square, the entrance colonnade & stadium fence were completely smoked over by prolonged artificial

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-fed fire, as well as surrounding street buildings. By 2015, the entrance square was completely restored. The only reminder of the revolution events is an amateur monument erected in the middle of the Hrushevskoho Street driveway opposite the stadium gate. In 2017, new seats were installed as the ground was chosen to host the final of the

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Monuments

In 1971, near the stadium was installed a monument of the ''Dynamo'' players involved in the game known in the Soviet

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as the Death Match and the players who perished in the

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. The sculpture is composed of steel, in which figures of four players are carved using

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. The

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s responsible for the sculpture, ''V. Bogdanovska'' and ''I. Maslenkov'', are well known for designing stations of the

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. The

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was ''I. Gorovyi.'' The monument is located by the service entrance to the stadium, so many fans are unable to see it. On 11 May 2003, before the first anniversary of the death of Valeriy Lobanovskyi, a monument was opened. The famous coach is sitting on the trainer's bench and is watching a match. The

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is a large ball. The total weight is about 5

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. The monument was create by a group of nine people led by the architect Vasil Klimenko and the

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((ref-ru)) The sculpture is located between the stadium and the main entrance to the stadiums.

Gallery

File:Головний вхід до стадіону «Динамо» ім. Валерія Лобановського Київ Грушевського Михайла вул., 3.JPG, The stadium entrance File:Головний вхід до стадіону "Динамо".jpg, The entrance with a monument to Valeriy Lobanovskyi Image:Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium.jpg, Stadium panorama (day) Image:UEFA Cup Semifinal in Kiev (DK vs SD) 192.jpg, Stadium panorama (night)

References

External links

Dynamo Stadium
fanat.com.ua amateur site * Pylypchuk, B.
How comfortable is to attend the UPL games: Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium (FC Olimpik) (Наскільки комфортно ходити на матчі УПЛ: стадіон Динамо ім. Валерія Лобановського (ФК Олімпік))
'. Football 24. 30 March 2017 * Kolomoyets, A.
Kiev Dynamo Stadium is 85 years old! (Київському стадіону «Динамо» – 85 років!)
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. 11 June 2018 {{Euromaidan Sports venues completed in 1933 Event venues established in 1933 Sports venues built in the Soviet Union Football venues in Kyiv 1933 establishments in Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv Sports venues in Kyiv Pecherskyi District Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)

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Monuments

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See also

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