Prospect Peremohy (, uk, Проспект Перемоги, lit=Victory Avenue, translit=Prospekt Peremohy), commonly known as Victory Avenue, is the second longest public roadway (
prospekt) in
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 ...
, Ukraine. The roadway was created in the second half of the 20th century (1964) as part of the urbanized area of the Brest-Lytovske highway and was known as Brest-Lytovskyi prospect. At the beginning of the Soviet
perestroika
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period in 1985, it was renamed to its current name.
History
Originally being terminated at the Povitroflotskyi overpass, in 1985, when it was renamed, the prospect was extended all the way to the
Peremohy Square which until 1985 was part of boulevard Tarasa Shevchenka.
Through Peremohy Square and boulevard Tarasa Shevchenka, the roadway reaches
Khreshchatyk
Khreshchatyk ( uk, Хрещатик, ) is the main street of Kyiv, Ukraine. The street has a length of . It stretches from the European Square (northeast) through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square (southwest) where the Besarabsky Market is ...
at
Bessarabska Square
The Bessarabska Square ( uk, Бессарабська площа, ''Bessarabs'ka ploscha'') is a square located at the southwest end of Khreshchatyk, the main thoroughfare of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the city's Shevchenkivs ...
.
Along the streets are located various important institutions of government, education and culture.
It is part of the former business route (currently rerouted along the Kyiv Great Ring Road). Along the prospect are located several
overpass
An overpass (called an overbridge or flyover in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries) is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway. An ''overpass'' and ''underpass'' together form ...
es and bridges (Povitroflotskyi, Shuliavskyi, over the Railway crossing, Kovelskyi, over the Great Ring road, and Havanskyi bridge). There are also six metro stations of the
Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line
The Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line ( uk, Святошинсько-Броварська лінія) is the first line of the Kyiv Metro, dating back to 1960. as well as three railway stations.
Significant buildings
* #10 – Ministry of Education and Science
* #14 – Ministry of Infrastructure
* #13 –
Sky Towers
* #32 –
Kyiv Zoo
The Kyiv Zoo ( uk, Київський Зоопарк, ''Kyivskyi Zoopark'') is one of the largest zoos in the former Soviet Union and the only large zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Situated on about , the zoo is cared for by 378 staff members and receives ab ...
* #34 –
Bogomolets National Medical University
Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU) is a medical school founded in 1841 in Kyiv, Russian Empire by the Russian Tsar Nicolas I. The university is named after physiologist Alexander A. Bogomolets. NMU provides medical training for over 10, ...
* #37 –
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
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, established = 1898
, students = 36,000 (approximately)
, admini ...
* #44 –
Dovzhenko Film Studios
The Dovzhenko Film Studios ( uk, Національна кіностудія художніх фільмів імені О. Довженка, translit. ''Natsional'na kinostudiya khudozhnikh filmiv imeni O. Dovzhenka'') is a former Soviet film ...
* #49/2 – Bilshovyk Factory (formerly Greter and Kryvanek Co.)
* #50 – "Presa Ukrayiny" Publishing
* #54 –
Hetman National Economic University
* #67 – Kyiv Machinebuilding Factory "Verkon"
* #82 – Park "Nyvky"
* #83 – ATEK
* #97 – Svyatoshynskyi District Administration (Kyiv city)
* #100 –
Antonov Serial Production Plant
The Antonov Serial Production Plant ( uk, italic=yes, Серійний завод «Антонов»), formerly AVIANT ( uk, АВІАНТ), is an aircraft manufacturing company in Kyiv, Ukraine, the serial manufacturing division of the Antonov. ...
(formerly Aviant)
* #126 – Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion Administration
References
External links
Prospect Peremohy (Перемоги проспект) Kyiv Web Encyclopaedia.
Streets in Kyiv
Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv
Sviatoshynskyi District
Solomianskyi District
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