Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street
Вулиця Михайла Грушевського
	Hrushevskyi street near Mariinskyi Park (2011)
Former name(s)	1919–1934: Revolution st. ; 1934–1991: Serhii Kirov st. ; 1941–1943: I. Mazepa st.
Length	1,540 m (5,050 ft)
Location	Pecherskyi District, ; Kyiv, Ukraine
south end	Arsenal Square
north end	European Square

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street or simply Hrushevskyi Street^[2]^[3]^[4] (Ukrainian: вулиця Михайла Грушевського, romanized: vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho) is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

The street is named after Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Hrushevsky wrote his first academic book on the history of Bar, Ukraine, titled Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes: XV-XVIII.^[5]

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street is located in the government quarter Lypky neighborhood of the Pecherskyi District. It houses the Supreme Council Building, Government Building and the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to Mariinskyi Park which contains Constitution Square.

The street acts as a border between the Pechersk and Lypky neighborhoods. At the European Square this street connects to Old Kyiv. There is a noticeable ascent that starts at the European Square and continues on all the way to the intersection with Garden Street next to the Government Building.

History

The street was established sometime in the 1810s as part of the greater Alexander Street which included such modern streets as Sahaidachny Street, Volodymyr Descent, Museum Lane. The street was established along an old Ruthenian path called "Ivanivsky Road". After the return of the Soviets to Kyiv in 1919, the whole of Alexander Street was renamed Revolution Street. After the transfer of the capital from Kharkiv to Kyiv in 1934, the street was split and today's Hrushevskyi portion was renamed as Kirov Street.

It was one of the main sites of the Euromaidan protests in 2014.^[6]

Connecting streets

Peter's Alley
Museum Lane
Serf's Lane (Kriposny provulok)
Garden Street
Silken Street
Linden Street
Constitution Square (pedestrian plaza)

Attractions

Monuments

Monument to Valeriy Lobanovsky
Monument to Grigory Petrovsky (demolished in 2009)
Nikolai Vatutin monument (demolished in 2023)^[7]

Research institutions and museums

Water information center
National Art Museum of Ukraine
Ostap Vyshnia Library
National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building
- Institute of History of Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature
- Oleksandr Potebnia Institute of Language Studies
- All-Ukrainian Society of Regional Researchers
- Ukrainian Association of historians of science

Government institutions

Library of Supreme Council of Ukraine
Central House of Officers (Armed Forces of Ukraine, formerly House of Red Army)
- Central Museum of Armed Forces of Ukraine (formerly Historical Museum of Kyiv District Troops)
- Library of the Cultural, educational and welfare center of Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Society of Officers of Ukraine
Budynok Uryadu
Embassy of China, Kyiv
Verkhovna Rada building
Hotel Kyiv

References

^ Вулиці і площі Києва в часи німецької та російської окупації [Streets and squares of Kyiv in times of Soviet and German occupations]. ОУН-УПА (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
^ "Kiev: The Story of Hrushevsky Street". The Fifth Floor. BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Police Attempts to Dismantle Barricade on Kyiv's Hrushevsky Street". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ Englund, Will (22 January 2014). "Ukrainian President, Opposition Leaders in Talks After Violent Clashes Escalate". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ Hrushevsky, Mykhailo (Михайло Грушевський) (1996). Barsʹke starostvo: Istorychni narysy (XV-XVIII st.) Барське староство: Історичні нариси (XV–XVIII ст.) [Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes (XV-XVIII, St.)]. L'viv: In-t ukrayinsʹkoyi arkheohrafiyi ta dzhereloznavstva im. M.S. Hrushevsʹkoho. ISBN 5-12-004335-6.
^ "15 Journalists Injured in Clashes on Hrushevskoho Street". Interfax-Ukraine. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ (in Ukrainian) Minkult allowed the dismantling of monuments to Chkalov and Vatutin in Kyiv: the first is already being demolished, Ukrainska Pravda (8 February 2023)
(in Ukrainian) Mariinsky Park without Vatutin. The monument to the Soviet general was finally demolished, Ukrainska Pravda – Zhyttia (9 February 2023)

External links

Hrushevskyi Street at the Kyiv web-encyclopedia (in Ukrainian).
Hrushevskoho Mykhaila (Грушевського Михайла). Collection of landmarks of history and culture.
Mark Estabrook photographs of the Euromaidan Revolution.

[1] Вулиці і площі Києва в часи німецької та російської окупації [Streets and squares of Kyiv in times of Soviet and German occupations]. ОУН-УПА (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.

[2] "Kiev: The Story of Hrushevsky Street". The Fifth Floor. BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[3] "Police Attempts to Dismantle Barricade on Kyiv's Hrushevsky Street". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[4] Englund, Will (22 January 2014). "Ukrainian President, Opposition Leaders in Talks After Violent Clashes Escalate". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[5] Hrushevsky, Mykhailo (Михайло Грушевський) (1996). Barsʹke starostvo: Istorychni narysy (XV-XVIII st.) Барське староство: Історичні нариси (XV–XVIII ст.) [Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes (XV-XVIII, St.)]. L'viv: In-t ukrayinsʹkoyi arkheohrafiyi ta dzhereloznavstva im. M.S. Hrushevsʹkoho. ISBN 5-12-004335-6.

[6] "15 Journalists Injured in Clashes on Hrushevskoho Street". Interfax-Ukraine. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[7] (in Ukrainian) Minkult allowed the dismantling of monuments to Chkalov and Vatutin in Kyiv: the first is already being demolished, Ukrainska Pravda (8 February 2023)
(in Ukrainian) Mariinsky Park without Vatutin. The monument to the Soviet general was finally demolished, Ukrainska Pravda – Zhyttia (9 February 2023)

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