Victory Square (Kiev)

Victory Square ( Ukrainian square Peremogi ) - the square in Kiev between Taras Shevchenko Boulevard , Saksaganskogo , Dmitrievskaya , Zlatoustovskaya , Bulvarno-Kudryavskaya , Olesya Gonchara , Starovokzalnaya and Victory Avenue .

Victory Square
Ukrainian Peremogi Square
Obelisk to the hero city of Kiev on Victory Square ( 2009 )
general information
A country	Ukraine
City	Kiev
Area	Shevchenkovsky
Historical district	Soldier Slobodka
Underground	Vokzalnaya (0.75 km)
Tram routes	1, 3, 15, 18
Trolleybus routes	5, 7, 8, 17, 93H, 94H
Bus routes	7, 118
Route taxi	165, 181, 189, 199, 228, 230, 404, 411, 427, 429, 433, 439, 450, 458, 532, 558, 564, 568, 570, 572, 575, 720
Former names	Galitskaya Square, the area of ​​the Uprising of 1905
Postcode	01135

The square has been known since the 19th century . In 1860, the market for wearable items was opened on it, which later became known as the Jewish Bazaar (Evbaz) or the Galician Bazaar.

The square in 1869 was called Galitsky (from here the road began to the West - to Galicia ). At the same time, the so-called Iron Church (made of cast-iron plates) of St. John Chrysostom (destroyed in the 1930s, now the circus building on this site) was built on Galitskaya Square.

The modern name of the square is from 1952 . In the 1960-1970s, the reconstruction of the square was carried out. In 1981-1982, another reconstruction was carried out, an obelisk was erected to the Hero City (height 43 m). An underground passage was constructed between the Ukraina department store and the circus .

The address "Victory Square" in Kiev have only three buildings: the hotel "Lybed" - No. 1, the circus - No. 2 and the shopping center "Ukraine" (previously the department store "Ukraine") - No. 3.