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Khreshchatyk (Ukrainian: Хрещатик, pronounced [xreˈʃt͡ʃɑtɪk]) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The street is 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long, and runs in a northeast-southwest direction from European Square through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market.
Jan 16, 2023 · Khreshchatyk Street has been an important cultural and political center for Kyiv, Ukraine since it was first built in the 19th century. It’s a symbolic emblem of both the city and Ukrainian nation, as well as one of its most recognizable landmarks.
Aug 24, 2023 · Disabled and destroyed military vehicles lined Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv, Ukraine, where many Ukrainians gathered on Thursday to mark the country's second Independence Day since Russia...
In the heart of the city is Khreshchatyk, the main street in Kiev and one of the most famous, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres running from European Square to Bessarabska Square. The street was completely devastated during World II by Red Army troops who were retreating from the city and subsequently the street was rebuilt in the neo-classical ...
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Sep 15, 2014 · Measuring around 1.5 km in length, Khreshchatyk is Kiev’s most famous and well-trodden street. During World War II the retreating Soviet Army mined most of it as a welcoming present for the advancing Nazis.
- Khreschatyk, Kiev, Kiev Oblast
Khreshchatyk was the first street in Kyiv where gas lighting, water-supply and sewerage appeared. Later here appeared electric lighting, and first trams (1891) and trolleybuses (1935) started running.
Khreshchatyk [Хрещатик; Xreščatyk]. The name of Kyiv 's main thoroughfare. Important administrative, economic, commercial, cultural, and educational institutions are located there. It runs through the center of the city from the European Square and the Volodymyr Slope to Bessarabian Square and Shevchenko Boulevard; its overall length ...
