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Maidan Nezalezhnosti is the only square in Kyiv officially designated as a "Maidan" (майдан) in the Ukrainian language; the same applies to Russian. All other Kievan squares remain designated as a "Ploshcha" (площа – the native and more common Ukrainian word for 'square' – as was used during Soviet rule.
The Independence Monument (Ukrainian: Монуме́нт Незале́жності, romanized: Monument Nezalezhnosti) is a victory column located on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv, commemorating the independence of Ukraine in 1991. Stylistically, it presents a mix of Ukrainian Baroque and Empire style. The monument was ...
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності, pronunciation ⓘ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line.The station was opened on 17 December 1976, and is named after Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) on the Khreshchatyk street.
The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, [2] took place in Ukraine in February 2014 [2] [1] [26] [27] [28] at the end of the Euromaidan protests, [1] when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of ...
In Kyiv, life continued "as normal" outside the "protest zone" (namely Maidan Nezalezhnosti). [366] [367] Before the Euromaidan demonstrations happened, Ukrainians did not have a strong and unified understanding of what it meant to be Ukrainian. There was confusion on whether a person should be considered Ukrainian on a civic or ethnographic basis.
Maidan Nezalezhnosti's northern half is a unique layout that's topped with a semi-circle with six radial roads.After the destruction of several Khrestchatyk buildings (such as Kyiv City Duma building, Ginzburg building and others) by the Soviet diversion groups [1] during World War II on 24 September 1941, the square was completely rebuilt in the mid 1950s in a project presided over by ...
On 21 November 2001, a different monument to the founders of Kyiv was inaugurated at Maidan Nezalezhnosti. [15] Designed by sculptor Anatolii Kushch , the monument in Maidan Nezalezhnosti also features Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv, and Lybid', but has a completely different composition. [15] [16]
In Kyiv, pro-Maidan protestors stated that the barricades at Maidan Nezalezhnosti would stand till at least 25 May 2014, the day of the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election. [410] After Vitali Klitschko was elected Mayor of Kyiv on 25 May 2014, authorities negotiated with protesters to clear Maidan Nezalezhnosti.