Saint Michael's Square ( uk, Михайлівська площа, translit=Mykhailivska ploshcha) is a square in

Old Kyiv Old Kyiv or Old Kiev ( uk, Старий Київ) is a historical neighborhood of Kyiv. Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenko Raion. Old Kyiv historically represents the ...

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. Located in the Shevchenkivskyi District of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, the square lies in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. It is located about northeast of

Sophia Square Sophia Square or Sofia Square ( uk, Софійська площа, translit=Sofiiska ploshcha) is a square in the center of Old Kyiv, Ukraine. Located in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, the square lies in front of Saint Sophia Cathedral, ...

, to which it is connected by , and about northwest of

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, to which it is connected by . On the square is to Princess Olha,

Andrew the Apostle Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an Apostles in the New Testament, apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He ...

, and

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. There is to the victims of the

Holodomor The Holodomor ( uk, Голодомо́р, Holodomor, ; derived from uk, морити голодом, lit=to kill by starvation, translit=moryty holodom, label=none), also known as the Terror-Famine or the Great Famine, was a man-made famin ...

in front of the monastery. Also, one of the monastery's external walls bordering the square serves as

The Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine The Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine ( uk, Стіна пам'яті загиблих за Україну) is the wall of the Mykhailivsky Golden-Domed Monastery along Trohsvyatitelska Street near Mykhailivska Square, Kyiv Kyiv, ...

, a

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

memorial. The square served as one of the fan zones during the

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. Since May 2022 it hosts destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition that features Russian military equipment captured and destroyed during the

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