Freedom Square, Kharkiv
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Ploshcha Svobody (Ukrainian: Площа Свободи; Russian: Площадь Свободы, Ploshchad Svobody) or Freedom Square in Kharkiv is the second largest[1] city-centre square Europe. A monumental statue of Lenin was erected in the square in 1964.
The main part of the square is limited to the west by the statue of Lenin, to the east by Sumskaya street, to the north by the hotel Kharkiv and to the south by Shevchenko park. It is approximately 302 meters long and 96 meters wide. The complete square is approximately 11.6 ha. [2].
Originally named Dzerzhinsky Square after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police (the Cheka, precursor to the KGB), it was renamed after Ukraine became independent in 1991.
[edit] References
- ^ List of city squares by size
- ^ (Russian) "Our Kharkiv" unofficial website
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